Biomass allocation in herbaceous plants under grazing impact in the high semi-arid Andes

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 695-703

  Patty, Lita ^a   Halloy, Stephan R P ^b   Hiltbrunner, Erika ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Alpine plant ecology; Altiplano; Camelid; Dry grassland; Facilitation; Leaf mass fraction

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DROUGHT; FORAGE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; NITROGEN; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; RHIZOME; ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; FESTUCA; LAMA GLAMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952818003     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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