Mineral contents of chalk grasslands in relation with sheep grazing involved in conservation management systems

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-20

  Dutoit, Thierry ^a   Alard, Didier ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Chalk grasslands; Conservation management; France; Grazing system; Mineral contents; Upper Normandy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030921266     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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