Decomposition and nutrient release of grass and tree fine roots along an environmental gradient in southern Patagonia

• Published in: Austral Ecology
• Main Authors: Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz, Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro, Peri, Pablo Luis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Nothofagus; Ecosistema; Carbono; Medio Ambiente; Raíces; Degradación; Fertilidad del Suelo; Ecosystems; Carbon; Environment; Roots; Degradation; Soil Fertility; Región Patagónica; Contenido de Nutrientes (Suelo); Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Pablo; Bahamonde; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3937; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aec.12672; https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12672

Decomposition of fine roots is a fundamental ecosystem process that relates to carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, this important ecosystem process has been hardly studied in Patagonian ecosystems. The aim of this work was to study root decomposition and nutrient rele...