Litter quality of C3 perennial grasses and soil inorganic nitrogen in a semiarid rangeland of central Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1684-1689

  Andrioli, R J ^a   Distel, R A ^a  

^a National University of the South   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C3 grasses; Litter quality; N mineralization; Semiarid rangelands; Soil inorganic nitrogen; Soil nitrogen dynamics

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CARBON; GRASS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PIPTOCHAETIUM NAPOSTAENSE; POA; POA LIGULARIS; POACEAE; STIPA AMBIGUA; STIPA CLARAZII; STIPA GYNERIOIDES; STIPA TENUIS;

EID: 45449100709     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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