Effect of grazing on plant patterns in arid ecosystems of Patagonian Monte

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-572

  Bisigato, Alejandro J ^a   Bertiller, Mónica B ^a   Ares, Jorge O ^a   Pazos, Gustavo E ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POACEAE;

EID: 26844480986     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04170.x     Document Type: Article

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