Effect of grazing on community structure and productivity of a Uruguayan grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Altesor, Alice ^a   Oesterheld, Martín ^b   Leoni, Elsa ^a   Lezama, Felipe ^a   Rodríguez, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diversity; Grazing; Primary production; Rio de la Plata

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POACEAE;

EID: 21044459243     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-5800-5     Document Type: Article

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