Neighbourhood effects on the risk of an unpalatable plant being grazed

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Rousset, Olivier ^a   Lepart, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Buxus sempervirens; Calcareous grasslands management; Herbivory; Indirect effects; Sheep; Shrub

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PALATABILITY; PASTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BUXUS; BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037284407     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022259905649     Document Type: Article

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