Environmental controls of primary production in agricultural systems of the Argentine Pampas

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 625-635

  Veron, Santiago R ^a   Paruelo, José M ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine Pampas; Biogeochemical constraints; Grasslands; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Primary production; Variability; Vegetational constraints; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WHEAT;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ARGENTINA (FISH); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036863586     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0145-1     Document Type: Article

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