The impact of livestock grazing on the persistence of a perennial forb in a temperate Australia grassland

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 302-307

  Dorrough, Josh ^a   Ash, Julian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Herbivory; Leptorhynchos elongatus; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MONARO RANGE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ASTERACEAE; LEPTORHYNCHOS; LEPTORHYNCHOS ELONGATUS;

EID: 1942445947     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc040302     Document Type: Article

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