Chronic N enrichment and drought alter plant cover and community composition in a Mediterranean-type semi-arid shrubland

Oecologia

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 267-277

  Vourlitis, George L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic N deposition; Chaparral; Climate change; Coastal sage scrub; Exotic species invasion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHAPARRAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; SALVIA MELLIFERA;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; SEASON; SOIL;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 85017166436     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3860-1     Document Type: Article

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