Frequent mowing is better than grazing for the conservation value of lowland tussock grasssland at Pontville, Tasmania

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Verrier, Frances J ^a   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing; Lowland tussock grassland; Mowing; Rare species; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GRAZING; MOWING; RARE SPECIES; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PONTVILLE; TASMANIA; WORLD;

EID: 14644399885     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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