Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of soil fertility in the Central Monte desert (Argentina)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 901-906

  Abril, A ^a   Villagra, P ^b   Noe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fertility islands; Grasses; Larrea divaricata; Prosopis flexuosa; Tree gaps

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; HETEROGENEITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

BOS; LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA;

EID: 67649354050     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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