Differential utilization of a shallow-water pulse by six shrub species in the Patagonian steppe

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-214

  Kowaljow, E ^a   Fernandez R J ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mixing models; Nitrogen fixation; Plant water uptake; Pulsed resources; Root distribution; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DEUTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; SHALLOW WATER; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE;

PATAGONIA;

ADESMIA; ADESMIA VOLCKMANNII; ANARTHROPHYLLUM; BERBERIS; BERBERIS HETEROPHYLLA; FABACEAE; MULINUM; MULINUM SPINOSUM; SCHINUS; SENECIO; SENECIO FILAGINOIDES;

EID: 78649637963     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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