The potential for using goats to control Genista scorpius shrubs in European black pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-383

  Valderrabano J ^a   Torrano, L ^a  

^a Unidad de Sanidad Vegetal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genista scorpius; Goats; Grazing season; Phenological stage; Shrub control; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; REGROWTH; SHRUB; STOCKING DENSITY;

GENISTA SCORPIUS; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 0342470547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00108-5     Document Type: Article

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