Quantifying and optimizing grazing regimes in Greek mountain systems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 983-986

  Zervas, George ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Grazing; Mountain areas; Production systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERGRAZING;

GREECE;

EID: 0032448025     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.1998.tb00019.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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