Direct and indirect effects of urbanization on soil and plant nutrients in desert ecosystems of the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona (USA)

Agriculture & Biology

• metropolitan areas 100%
• urbanization 87%
• soil nutrients 77%
• deserts 72%
• ecosystems 57%
• nutrients 45%
• Sonoran Desert 26%
• landscaping 25%
• canopy 22%
• preserves 18%
• soil resources 12%
• land cover 12%
• water conservation 11%
• phytophagous insects 11%
• urban areas 9%
• water holding capacity 9%
• soil properties 9%
• land use 9%
• soil organic matter 9%
• soil water 8%
• history 7%
• nitrogen 5%
• soil 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil nutrient 82%
• metropolitan area 74%
• desert 63%
• urbanization 62%
• nutrient 49%
• ecosystem 44%
• canopy 18%
• effect 17%
• city 17%
• preserve 13%
• soil resource 9%
• inorganic nitrogen 8%
• water conservation 8%
• insect 7%
• plant species 6%
• soil property 6%
• soil moisture 6%
• replacement 6%
• land cover 6%
• urban area 5%
• organic matter 5%
• land use 5%
• history 4%
• resource 4%
• soil 3%
• distribution 2%
• water 2%

Social Sciences

• desert 88%
• urbanization 71%
• agglomeration area 71%
• landscape management 22%
• Water conservation 11%
• land use 7%
• manipulation 6%
• urban area 6%
• resources 6%
• water 5%
• history 4%