High N, dry: Experimental nitrogen deposition exacerbates native shrub loss and nonnative plant invasion during extreme drought - Valliere, Justin M.; Irvine, Irina C.; Santiago, Louis; Allen, Edith B. (Global change biology, 2017)
Keywords: annuals; Anthropogenic factors; Availability; Biomass; California; Canopies; Canopy; coastal sage scrub; Deposition; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; Ecological effects; ecological invasion; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Extreme drought; global change; grasses; Herbivores; Human influences; Indigenous species; introduced plants; Introduced Species; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Leaf area; Leaves; Mediterranean‐type shrublands; Mortality; Nitrogen; nitrogen deposition; nonnative plant invasion; Nonnative species; Plant communities; Plant species; Plants; shrub loss; Shrublands; Shrubs; Terrestrial ecosystems; Vegetation; vegetation‐type conversion; Water use; water use efficiency; Woody plants; California; vegetation-type conversion; shrub loss; drought; coastal sage scrub; nitrogen deposition; Mediterranean-type shrublands; nonnative plant invasion