Grazing intensity, aspect, and slope effects on limestone grassland structure

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 606-612

  Amezaga, Ibone ^a   Mendarte, Sorkunde ^a   Albizu, Isabel ^a   Besga, Gerardo ^a   Garbisu, Carlos ^a   Onaindia, Miren ^b  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forage nutritional value; Mountain pastures; Plant community structure

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGE; GRAZING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SLOPE;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; DANTHONIA DECUMBENS; FESTUCA RUBRA; POTENTILLA ERECTA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 15944401361     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004016     Document Type: Article

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