Title | Nitrogen enrichment effects on vegetation of a northern Chihuahuan Desert landscape |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1987 |
Authors | Cornelius JM, Cunningham GL |
Editor | Aldon EF, Vicente CEGonzale, Moir WH(eds.) |
Conference Name | Strategies for classification and management of native vegetation for food production in arid zones |
Volume | General Technical Report RM-150 |
Pagination | 112-116 |
Date Published | October 12-16, 1 |
Publisher | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station |
Conference Location | Tucson, Arizona |
Accession Number | JRN00057 |
Call Number | 00038 |
Keywords | abstract, abstracts, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, nitrogen amendment, nutrient, nitrogen amendment, plant community, diversity, plant productivity,nitrogen amendment, proceeding, proceedings, transect, nitrogen amendment, vegetation, nitrogen amendment |
Abstract | A large scale experiment was conducted at the NSF/LTER Jornada site examining enrichment effects of a limiting resource (nitrogen) across a desert landscape. Results showed increased cover of ephemeral plant species and decreased species diversity on response to increased nitrogen, probably due to changes in availability ratios of limiting resources and decreased heterogeneity in the spatial destribution of soil nitrogen. |
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