Southern European grazing lands: Production, environmental and landscape management aspects

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 51-59

  Hadjigeorgiou, I ^a   Osoro, K ^b   Fragoso De Almeida, J P ^c   Molle, G ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^d Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario Per la Sardegna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Grazing land; Livestock systems; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24644467721     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.05.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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