Vole mound effects and disturbance rate in a mediterranean plant community under different grazing and irrigation regimes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-243

  Rebollo, S ^a   Perez Camacho L ^a   Valencia, J ^b   Gomez Sal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Abandoned Mediterranean croplands; Early succession; Fossorial herbivore mammals; Sheep grazing; Small scale disturbances; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; IRRIGATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 0242490084     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026059006184     Document Type: Article

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