Effects of grazing by horses and/or cattle on the diversity of coastal grasslands in western France

Biological Conservation

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-71

  Loucougaray, Grégory ^a   Bonis, Anne ^a   Bouzillé, Jan Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Additive and compensatory effects; Foraging behaviour; Grazing management; Herbivore species; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; BOS TAURUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0346463280     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00177-0     Document Type: Article

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