Studying the post-fire performance of tussock grasses in Patagonia: Survival, biomass production and early competition

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 986-990

  Gittins, C ^a   Ghermandi, L ^b   Bran, D ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Early post fire defoliation; Festuca pallescens; Grazing; Interspecific competition; Post fire survival; Stipa speciosa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIPPING; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

PATAGONIA;

ACHNATHERUM SPECIOSUM; FESTUCA PALLESCENS; POACEAE;

EID: 79961006742     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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