Recovery of short tussock and woody species guilds in ungrazed Festuca novae-zelandiae short tussock grassland with fertiliser or irrigation

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Walker, S ^a   Wilson, J B ^b   Lee, W G ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Grazing; Hieracium pilosella; Irrigation; Long term change; Nutrient; Recovery; Short tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; IRRIGATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CARMICHAELIA; FESTUCA; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PILOSELLA; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1142305884     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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