Do domestic herbivores retard Polylepis australis Bitt. woodland recovery in the mountains of Córdoba, Argentina?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 229-241

  Teich, Ingrid ^a   Cingolani, Ana M ^b   Renison, Daniel ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^c   Giorgis, Melisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Browsing; Livestock; Mountains; Polylepis australis; Woodland recovery

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; WOOD;

BROWSING; POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; WOODLAND RECOVERY;

HERBICIDES;

BROWSING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGROWTH;

ANIMALS; HERBICIDES; MOUNTAINS; WOOD;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 28544434301     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.048     Document Type: Article

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