The response of small mammal communities to cattle grazing on a coastal meadow

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Schmidt, Niels M ^a   Olsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coastal meadow; Grazing; Small mammals; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COASTAL ZONE; GRAZING; MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037249208     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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