Disrupting woody steady states in the Chaco region (Argentina): Responses to combined disturbance treatments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-53

  Kunst, Carlos ^a   Ledesma, Roxana ^a   Bravo, Sandra ^b   Albanesi, Ada ^b   Anriquez, Analía ^b   van Meer, Howard ^a   Godoy, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaco region; Prescribed fire; Roller chopping; Woody plant control

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHACO REGION; ECOLOGICAL SITES; HERBACEOUS BIOMASS; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT GERMINATION; PRESCRIBED FIRES; ROLLER CHOPPING; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STEADY STATE; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STATE; WOODY PLANTS; WOODY SPECIES;

AGRICULTURE; FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SOIL MOISTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GERMINATION; GRASS; HERB; LONGEVITY; PHYTOMASS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VOLUME; WOODY PLANT;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

BOS; PANICUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 84857462513     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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