Spatial and temporal litterfall heterogeneity generated by woody species in the Central Monte desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Alvarez, Juan A ^a   Villagra, Pablo E ^a,b   Rossi, Bertilde E ^c,d   Cesca, Erica M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas Juan Cornelio Moyano   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid land; Fertility islands; Nutrient cycle; Patch dynamics; Prosopis; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LITTERFALL; MICROHABITAT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHENOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOODY PLANT;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA;

EID: 70350599532     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9618-z     Document Type: Article

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