Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

Agathokleous, Evgenios; Feng, Zhaozhong; Oksanen, Elina; Sicard, Pierre; Wang, Qi; J. Saitanis, Costas; Araminienė, Valda; D. Blande, James; Hayes, Felicity; Calatayud, Vicent; Domingos, Marisa; D. Veresoglou, Stavros; Peñuelas, Josep; A. Wardle, David; De Marco, Alessandra; Li, Zhengzhen; Harmens, Harry; Yuan, Xiangyang; Vitale, Marcello; Paoletti, Elena

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc1176

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Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

Published in Science Advances • Aug 12, 2020

Authors:

Evgenios Agathokleous

Zhaozhong Feng

Elina Oksanen

Abstract

Elevated tropospheric ozone concentrations induce adverse effects in plants. We reviewed how ozone affects (i) the composition and diversity of plant communities by affecting key physiological traits; (ii) foliar chemistry and the emission of volatiles, thereby affecting plant-plant competition, pla...

Subject

Biodiversity

Terrestrial ecosystem

Ecosystem

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