Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina

We hypothesized that different dominant grasses species display contrasting nutrient accumulation, allocation and conservation strategies. Also, we expect a distinctive pattern of carbon and biomass partitioning according to plant sizes. The aim was to quantify the amount of biomass, carbon and nutr...

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Main Authors: Peri, Pablo Luis, Lasagno, Romina Gisele
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13044
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196309001840
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.06.015
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description We hypothesized that different dominant grasses species display contrasting nutrient accumulation, allocation and conservation strategies. Also, we expect a distinctive pattern of carbon and biomass partitioning according to plant sizes. The aim was to quantify the amount of biomass, carbon and nutrients in both above- and belowground components for four dominant grasses in grasslands steppe. We analyzed biomass, carbon and nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) of each dominant grass species corresponding to different sizes and separated in components (green and senesced leaves, pseudostem, and fine and coarse roots). Total biomass accumulation for individual grass plants was affected by plant size and species and ranged from 15.4 to 684 g dry matter plant1. The biomass root/shoot ratio ranged from 0.28 to 3.40. Total nutrient concentration generally graded in all species the following order: green leaves > fine roots > pseudostem > coarse roots > senesced leaves. Storage of any particular nutrient varied depending mainly on species. Mean nutrient resorption efficiency varied according to the growing season and specie being maximum for K and minimum for Mg. The equations developed for individual grass plants could be used to assist quantitative predictions of biomass, carbon and nutrient accumulation per hectare.
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spelling INTA130442022-10-04T12:13:10Z Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina Peri, Pablo Luis Lasagno, Romina Gisele Grasses Steppes Nutrients Biomass Carbon Pastos Estepas Nutrientes Biomasa Carbono Santa Cruz Nutrient Concentration Nutrient Resorption Efficiency Plant Size Root/shoot Ratio Concentración de Nutrientes Eficiencia de Reabsorción de Nutrientes Tamaño de Planta Relación Raíz/tallo Región Patagónica We hypothesized that different dominant grasses species display contrasting nutrient accumulation, allocation and conservation strategies. Also, we expect a distinctive pattern of carbon and biomass partitioning according to plant sizes. The aim was to quantify the amount of biomass, carbon and nutrients in both above- and belowground components for four dominant grasses in grasslands steppe. We analyzed biomass, carbon and nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) of each dominant grass species corresponding to different sizes and separated in components (green and senesced leaves, pseudostem, and fine and coarse roots). Total biomass accumulation for individual grass plants was affected by plant size and species and ranged from 15.4 to 684 g dry matter plant1. The biomass root/shoot ratio ranged from 0.28 to 3.40. Total nutrient concentration generally graded in all species the following order: green leaves > fine roots > pseudostem > coarse roots > senesced leaves. Storage of any particular nutrient varied depending mainly on species. Mean nutrient resorption efficiency varied according to the growing season and specie being maximum for K and minimum for Mg. The equations developed for individual grass plants could be used to assist quantitative predictions of biomass, carbon and nutrient accumulation per hectare. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Lasagno, Romina Gisele. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. 2022-10-04T12:07:15Z 2022-10-04T12:07:15Z 2010-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13044 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196309001840 Peri P.L.; Lasagno R.G. (2010) Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 23-34. 0140-1963 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.06.015 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Journal of Arid Environments 74 (1) : 23-34. (January 2010)
spellingShingle Grasses
Steppes
Nutrients
Biomass
Carbon
Pastos
Estepas
Nutrientes
Biomasa
Carbono
Santa Cruz
Nutrient Concentration
Nutrient Resorption Efficiency
Plant Size
Root/shoot Ratio
Concentración de Nutrientes
Eficiencia de Reabsorción de Nutrientes
Tamaño de Planta
Relación Raíz/tallo
Región Patagónica
Peri, Pablo Luis
Lasagno, Romina Gisele
Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title_full Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title_fullStr Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title_short Biomass, carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern Patagonia, Argentina
title_sort biomass carbon and nutrient storage for dominant grasses of cold temperate steppe grasslands in southern patagonia argentina
topic Grasses
Steppes
Nutrients
Biomass
Carbon
Pastos
Estepas
Nutrientes
Biomasa
Carbono
Santa Cruz
Nutrient Concentration
Nutrient Resorption Efficiency
Plant Size
Root/shoot Ratio
Concentración de Nutrientes
Eficiencia de Reabsorción de Nutrientes
Tamaño de Planta
Relación Raíz/tallo
Región Patagónica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13044
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196309001840
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.06.015
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