European semiarid mediterranean ecosystems are sensitive to nitrogen deposition: Impacts on plant communities and root phosphatase activity

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ochoa Hueso, Raúl ^a,b   Stevens, Carly J ^c  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Calcareousness; Inorganic N; Local forbs; Mediterranean ecosystems; N deposition; Nitrophilous plants; Phosphorus availability; Shrub cover; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATASES; SOILS;

AMMONIUM; CALCAREOUSNESS; INORGANIC N; LOCAL FORBS; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; N DEPOSITION; NITROPHILOUS PLANTS; SHRUB COVER; SOIL FERTILITY;

ECOLOGY;

PHOSPHATASE;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL FERTILITY; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRASSICACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELIANTHEMUM VIOLACEUM; LIMONIUM ECHIOIDES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGINACEAE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SCRUB; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ACIDITY; SPAIN; VASCULAR PLANT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84922347997     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2278-1     Document Type: Article

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