Potential long-term impacts of livestock introduction on carbon and nitrogen cycling in grasslands of Southern South America

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1267-1284

  Piñeiro, Gervasio ^a   Paruelo, José Maria ^a   Oesterheld, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Atmospheric chemistry; Fire; Grazing; Plant production; Soil organic matter; Species composition; Temporalscales

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745219159     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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