Perennial grasses of different successional stages under various soil water inputs: Do they differ in root length density?

Interciencia

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-212

  Busso, Carlos Alberto ^a   Bolletta, Andrea Ivana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinian rangelands; Competitive ability; Herbivory tolerance; Root growth; Stipa sp; Water stress

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA CLARAZII; STIPA GYNERIOIDES; STIPA TENUIS;

EID: 34547249241     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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