Sheep grazing decreases organic carbon and nitrogen pools in the patagonian steppe: Combination of direct and indirect effects

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 686-697

  Golluscio, Rodolfo A ^a,d   Austin, Amy T ^a   García Martínez, Guillermo C ^a   Gonzalez Polo, Marina ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b   Jackson, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Argentina; Biogeochemistry; Desertification; Life forms; Semiarid ecosystems; Shrub grass steppe; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DESERTIFICATION; GRAZING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SHEEP; SOIL NUTRIENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67649440535     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9252-6     Document Type: Article

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