Ecohydrological effects of grazing-induced degradation in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-557

  Bisigato, Alejandro Jorge ^a,b   Laphitz, Rita María Lopez ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Desertification; Monte Desert; Patagonia; Plant cover; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIELD SURVEY; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET; WETTING FRONT;

ARGENTINA; MONTE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 68349144274     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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