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

• Main Authors: Agathokleous, Evgenios, Feng, Zhaozhong, Oksanen, Elina, Sicard, Pierre, Wang, Qi, Saitanis, Costas J., Araminiene, Valda, Blande, James D., Hayes, Felicity, Calatayud, Vicent, Domingos, Marisa, Veresoglou, Stavros D., Peñuelas, Josep, Wardle, David A., De Marco, Alessandra, Li, Zhengzhen, Harmens, Harry, Yuan, Xiangyang, Vitale, Marcello, Paoletti, Elena
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Bacteria; Biodiversity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145394
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...