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Do litter manipulations affect leaf functional traits of savanna woody plants?
(Springer, 2014-01-01)
Plant litter is the layer composed of dead plant material that covers soil surfaces in terrestrial ecosystems. It is an important pool of essential nutrients for soil and plants, serving also as a protective layer on the ...
Conspecific leaf litter and root competition inhibits shrub emergence in the Patagonian steppe
(Springer, 2019-09)
A critical stage in the establishment of new individuals is seedling emergence and litter is a main factor affecting this stage. Recent research found that adults of Chuquiraga avellanedae are overdispersed. Among several ...
The importance of macro- and micro-nutrients over climate for leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release in Patagonian temperate forests
(Elsevier Science, 2019-06-01)
Temperate forests play an important role in the global carbon (C) cycle. Extensive research on litter decomposition in temperate forests in the Northern Hemisphere have greatly contributed to our conceptual framework of ...
Effect of litter substrates on the performance, carcass traits, and environmental comfort of red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens)
(2016-07-01)
The study aimed at evaluating the effect of litter substrates on the performance, carcass traits, and environmental comfort of red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens). In this experiment, 160 birds, with 100 and 300 days ...
Micro-environmental conditions affect grass and shrub seedlingemergence in denuded areas of the arid Patagonian Monte, Argentina
(Elsevier Gmbh, 2015-01)
Harsh micro-environments in bare soil patches generated by disturbance may affect the emergence ofplant species in desert ecosystems. We evaluated the effects of litter addition on the emergence of peren-nial grass and ...
Decomposition of and nutrient dynamics in leaf litter and roots of Poa ligularis and Stipa gyneriodes
(Academic Press Ltd-elsevier Science Ltd, 2003-11)
A field experiment was conducted in a temperate semi-arid grassland of central Argentina to determine mass loss and P and N concentrations of decaying leaf litter and roots of Poa ligularis (high-quality litter) and Stipa ...
Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation during leaf litter decomposition in an old-growth temperate rain forest of Chiloé Island, southern Chile: Effects of single versus mixed species litter
(Ecological Society of Australia, 2010)
Heterotrophic nitrogen fixation is a key ecosystem process in unpolluted, temperate old-growth forests
of southern South America as a source of new nitrogen to ecosystems. Decomposing leaf litter is an energy-rich
substrate ...