Silvopastoral use of Nothofagus antarctica in Southern Patagonian forests, influence over net nitrogen soil mineralization

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-271

  Bahamonde, Héctor A ^a,b   Peri, P L ^a,b,c   Alvarez, R ^d   Barneix, A ^d   Moretto, A ^c,e   Martinez Pastur G ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Forest soil; ire; Nitrogen dynamic; Patagonia; Silvopastoral system

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; LIMITING FACTOR; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PASTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THINNING;

PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84874947492     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9541-5     Document Type: Article

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