Effects of plant species traits on ecosystem processes: Experiments in the Patagonian steppe

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Flombaum, Pedro ^a,b   Sala, Osvaldo E ^c,d  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production (ANPP); Niche complementarity; Rooting depth; Soil nitrification; Soil thermal amplitude; Trait diversity

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; COMPLEMENTARITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITRIFICATION; RESOURCE USE; ROOTING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84860244307     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0722.1     Document Type: Article

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