The influence of Larrea divaricata on soil moisture and on water status and growth of Stipa tenuis in southern Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-35

  Kröpfl, Alicia I ^a   Cecchi, Gustavo A ^b   Villasuso, Natalia M ^a   Distel, Roberto A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Competition; Facilitation; Larrea divaricata; Monte region; Plant plant interactions; Plant water relations; Stipa tenuis; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTERCEPTION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RELATIONS;

(SOUTH); ARGENTINA;

LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; STIPA; STIPA TENUIS;

EID: 0036709110     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)90992-4     Document Type: Article

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