The effects of cattle grazing on tall-herb fen vegetation and molluscs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-326

  Ausden, M ^a   Hall, M ^a   Pearson, P ^b   Strudwick, T ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fen; Glyceria maxima; Grazing; Molluscs; Phragmites australis; Vertigo moulinsiana

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FEN; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MOLLUSC; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BOS TAURUS; CAREX HYALINOLEPIS; GASTROPODA; GLYCERIA; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; MOLLUSCA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RIPARIA; VERTIGO MOULINSIANA;

EID: 19544371954     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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