Lignin signature in soils of shrub patches in northeastern patagonia

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-251

  Del Valle, H F ^a   Rosell, R A ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Above ground litter; Arid soil; Below ground litter; Decomposition patterns; Patch patterns; Patch types

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX LAMPA; PROSOPIS ALPATACO;

EID: 0032815172     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089030699263285     Document Type: Article

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