Livestock grazing in subtropical pastures: Steps in the analysis of attribute response and plant functional types

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-226

  McIntyre, S ^b   Lavorel, Sandra ^a,c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grassland vegetation; Multivariate analysis; Plant traits; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FOREST; GRAZING; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT RESPONSE; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING PRESSURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035025680     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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