Direct and indirect effects of climate on decomposition in native ecosystems from central Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 749-757

  Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^a   Vendramini, Fernanda ^a   Gurvich, Diego E ^a   Cingolani, Ana M ^a   Giorgis, Melisa A ^a   Cabido, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actual evapotranspiration; Arid ecosystems; Gradients; Ionic exchange resins; Litter quality; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ION EXCHANGE; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35248863858     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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