Effects of grazing pressure on succession process and productivity of old fields on Mediterranean islands

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-596

  Giourga, H ^a   Margaris, N S ^a   Vokou, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Goats; Pastures; Petrail curves; Plant cover; Poterium spinosum; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PASTURES; PETRALL CURVES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; OLD FIELD; PRODUCTIVITY; SUCCESSION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETATION;

GREECE, AEGEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; POTERIUM; POTERIUM SPINOSUM; SPINY;

EID: 0032126599     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900130     Document Type: Article

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