Water and nitrogen shape winter annual plant diversity and community composition in near-urban Sonoran Desert preserves

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• annual plant 100%
• community composition 65%
• preserve 60%
• desert 58%
• winter 42%
• nitrogen 42%
• biodiversity 40%
• microhabitat 32%
• water availability 28%
• growing season 25%
• water 21%
• biotic interactions 17%
• urban ecosystem 17%
• nutrient availability 15%
• ecosystem process 15%
• nutrient cycling 15%
• coexistence 13%
• plant community 13%
• plant species 12%
• wildlife 12%
• connectivity 12%
• modeling 11%
• phosphorus 10%
• nutrient 9%
• pollutant 8%
• effect 6%
• experiment 5%
• test 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• Sonoran Desert 98%
• winter annuals 95%
• plant communities 67%
• preserves 66%
• species diversity 55%
• biodiversity 45%
• nitrogen 40%
• water 28%
• microhabitats 28%
• growing season 22%
• ecosystems 21%
• structural equation modeling 19%
• wild flowers 19%
• biogeochemical cycles 15%
• nutrient availability 14%
• wildlife 13%
• pollutants 13%
• deserts 13%
• phosphorus 10%
• nutrients 8%
• testing 5%