Soil nitrogen availability under grasses of different palatability in a temperate semi-arid rangeland of central Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-514

  Moretto, A S ^a   Distel, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Grasses; Nitrogen mineralization; Nutrient cycling; Poa ligularis; Rangeland; Species replacement; Stipa tenuissima

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALATABILITY; RANGELAND; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NASSELLA TENUISSIMA; POA; POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 10644258783     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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