Leaf strategies and soil N across a regional humidity gradient in Patagonia

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-624

  Bertiller, Mónica B ^a   Mazzarino, María J ^b,c   Carrera, Analía L ^a   Diehl, Paula ^b,c   Satti, Patricia ^b   Gobbi, Miriam ^b   Sain, Claudia L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Leaf mass per area; N mineralization; Nutrient resorption; Steppe and forest species

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

CARBON FIXATION; LEAF AREA; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL;

EID: 33745332669     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0401-8     Document Type: Article

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