Vegetation response to grazing management in a Mediterranean herbaceous community: A functional group approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-237

  Sternberg, Marcelo ^a   Gutman, Mario ^b   Perevolotsky, Avi ^b   Ungar, Eugene D ^b   Kigel, Jaime ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cattle; Persistence; Plant community dynamics; Plant functional types; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0034109897     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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