Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Peri, P L ^a,b   Lasagno, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b EEA Santa Cruz (INTA UNPA)   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nutrient concentration; Nutrient resorption efficiency; Plant size; Root shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DOMINANCE; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOMASS; RESORPTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SIZE; STEPPE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 71549137133     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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