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García Martínez, G. C.; & Golluscio, R. A. (2021)"Grass recruitment constraints along a grazing gradient in Patagonia : N - limitation x adult competition trade - off". Journal of arid environments,189, (art.104480),8p.

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Título en inglés:
Grass recruitment constraints along a grazing gradient in Patagonia : N - limitation x adult competition trade - off
Autor/es:
García Martínez, Guillermo Carlos; Golluscio, Rodolfo Angel
Filiación:
García Martínez, Guillermo Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Centro Regional Patagonia Sur. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Esquel (EEA Esquel. Chubut, Argentina.
Golluscio, Rodolfo Angel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Producción Animal. Cátedra de Forrajicultura. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Golluscio, Rodolfo Angel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Golluscio, Rodolfo Angel. CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Año:
2021
Título revista:
Journal of arid environments
ISSN:
0140-1963
Volumen:
189
Número:
art.104480
Páginas:
8
Temas:
DESERTIFICACION; RESTORATION; PLANT SOIL FEEDBACK; N AVAILABILITY; PLANT STRATEGIES; GRAZING RESISTANCE
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We explored the effect of N addition and adult canopy competition on the recruitment of lost preferred species in the Patagonian steppe, where a decelerated N cycling scenario (sensu Ritchie et al., 1998) had been previously detected. In the first experiment we demonstrated that the preferred scarce grass Bromus pictus has typical traits of Competitive species, while the dominant less preferred Pappostipa speciosa has typical traits of Stress tolerant species (sensu Grime, 1997): B. pictus showed higher maximum Relative Growth Rate, water consumption and competitive ability than P. speciosa. In the second experiment, we proved that without N addition, seedlings of the preferred species showed its maximum survival rate under moderate grazing, where adult competition is lower than under ungrazed conditions and N-limitation is lower than under intense grazing. Instead, with N addition, the survival rate of B. pictus was maximum under intense grazing, where N limitation is maximum and adult competition is minimum. These results suggest that in degraded systems subjected to a decelerating N cycling scenario, the revegetation with preferred species would require recovering soil N levels, and would be more successful in the most degraded sites, where the remnant canopy has low cover.

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García Martínez, G. C.; & Golluscio, R. A. (2021). Grass recruitment constraints along a grazing gradient in Patagonia : N - limitation x adult competition trade - off. Journal of arid environments,189, (art.104480),8p.
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104480

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García Martínez, Guillermo Carlos, Golluscio, Rodolfo Angel. 2021. "Grass recruitment constraints along a grazing gradient in Patagonia : N - limitation x adult competition trade - off". Journal of arid environments 189, no.art.104480:8.
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