Restoration of species, richness in abandoned Mediterranean grasslands: Seeds in cattle dung

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 378-384

  Traba, Juan ^a   Levassor, Catherine ^a   Peco, Begona ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandoned; Cattle dung; Experimental endozoochory; Grazed; Mediterranean grasslands; Restoration; Seed dispersal; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CATTLE; FECES; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOCHORY;

SPAIN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0141483361     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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