Effects of nutrient additions on plant biomass and diversity of the herbaceous-subshrub layer of a Brazilian savanna (Cerrado)

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 213; no. 5; pp. 795 - 808
• Main Authors: Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., de Brito, Darlan Q., Kozovits, Alessandra R., Luedemann, Gustavo, de Mello, Thiago R. B., de Siqueira Pinto, Alexandre, Munhoz, Cássia B. R., Takahashi, Frederico S. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.05.2012; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aboveground biomass; Analysis; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Biological diversity; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; Cerrado; Community & Population Ecology; conservation areas; Ecology; Ecosystems; Endemism; Environmental changes; Fertilization; Grasses; Grasslands; Habitat; Habitat loss; Habitats; Hot spots; Indigenous species; Introduced species; invasions; Invasive species; Life Sciences; Melinis minutiflora; Morphology; Nitrogen; Nonnative species; Nutrient availability; Nutrient loss; Nutrients; Plant biomass; Plant Ecology; Plants; Rare species; Root biomass; Roots; Savannahs; Savannas; seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Soil moisture; soil water; Species; Species diversity; Species richness; Terrestial Ecology; woody plants; Brazil, Distrito Federal, Brasilia; Brazil; Productivity; Root biomass; Phosphorus; Biological invasion; Nitrogen

The Brazilian Cerrado is a diversity hotspot due to its high level of endemism and rapid loss of habitats. It is estimated that the number of herbaceous species is four times higher than that of woody species. Increasing levels of nitrogen additions to natural ecosystems have been indicated as a det...