Heterogeneous responses to ozone and nitrogen alter the species composition of Mediterranean annual pastures

Oecologia

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1055-1067

  Calvete Sogo, H ^a   Gonzalez Fernandez I ^a   Sanz, J ^a   Elvira, S ^a   Alonso, R ^a   Garcia Gomez H ^a   Ibanez Ruiz M A ^b   Bermejo Bermejo, V ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual grasslands; Atmospheric pollutants; Dehesa; Species competition; Tropospheric ozone effects

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; LEGUME; NITROGEN; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; OZONE; PASTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ORNITHOPUS; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; OZONE; PLANTS;

EID: 84964282768     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3628-z     Document Type: Article

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