Mineral elements in grasses growing in contrasting environmental conditions in southern Patagonia

The importance of grasses and graminoids for sheep nutrition in Argentinean Patagonia is widely recognized. Focusing on sheep nutrition, we assessed the concentration of mineral elements in grasses growing in three ecological areas of southern Patagonia, representing a vegetation and climate gradien...

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Published in:New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Main Authors: Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro, Fernández, Victoria, Mattenet, Francisco Javier, Peri, Pablo Luis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Gramíneas Forrajeras
Ovinos
Nutrición Animal
Nutrientes Minerales
Nothofagus
Sistemas Silvopascícolas
Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo
Estepas
Steppes
Soil Properties
Silvopastoral Systems
Mineral Nutrients
Animal Nutrition
Sheep
Feed Grasses
Nothofagus Antarctica
Región Patagónica
Austral
Patagonia
Argentina
Pablo
Bahamonde
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2498
https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2016.1188132
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Summary:The importance of grasses and graminoids for sheep nutrition in Argentinean Patagonia is widely recognized. Focusing on sheep nutrition, we assessed the concentration of mineral elements in grasses growing in three ecological areas of southern Patagonia, representing a vegetation and climate gradient. With the aim of establishing potential relationships, tissue concentrations of several essential and non-essential elements for plants were determined, analyzing also soil properties. Soil and plant tissue mineral element concentrations varied between ecological areas and also depending on the particular element. The results obtained provide novel information about the nutritional characteristics of the main feeding source for sheep in southern Patagonia, but further trials will be required for improving our understanding of mineral element nutrition in relation to sheep production. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Victoria. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales; España Fil: Mattenet, Francisco Javier. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

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