Sheep grazing as management tool in Western European saltmarshes

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Bouchard, Virginie ^a   Tessier, Marc ^b   Digaire, Françoise ^c   Vivier, Jean Paul ^d   Valery, Loïc ^d   Gloaguen, Jean Claude ^c   Lefeuvre, Jean Claude ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESAC CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal habitat; Halophytes; Mont Saint Michel bay; Plant diversity; Saltmarsh conservation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HALOPHYTE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT ECOLOGY; SALT MARSH; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRANCE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0141606019     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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