Competitive interactions between palatable and unpalatable grasses native to a temperate semi-arid grassland of Argentina

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Moretto, A S ^a   Distel, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Grass competition; Grassland ecology; Native grasslands; Palatable unpalatable grasses

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PALATABILITY; SEMI-ARID GRASSLAND;

ARGENTINA;

POACEAE; STIPA CLARAZII; STIPA GYNERIOIDES; STIPA TRICHOTOMA;

EID: 0030616673     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009723009012     Document Type: Article

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