Nutrient resorption from senescing leaves in two Stipa species native to central Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-215

  Distel, R A ^a   Moretto, A S ^a   Didone N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient resorption efficiency; Nutrient resorption proficiency; Nutrient use efficiency; Phosphorous; Stipa brachychaeta; Stipa gynerioides

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RESORPTION; SENESCENCE;

ARGENTINA;

ACHNATHERUM BRACHYCHAETUM; POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA GYNERIOIDES;

EID: 0042706387     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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