Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 571-582

  Bakker, E S ^a,e   Olff, H ^a,b   Vandenberghe, C ^a,c,f   De Maeyer, K ^a,c   Smit, R ^a   Gleichman, J M ^a   Vera, F W M ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Res Grp Terrestrial Plant V   (Belgium)

^d National Forest Service of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Cattle; Grassland; Grazing; Mosaic; Prunus spinosa; Quercus robur; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PASTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS;

BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS; CONIFERALES; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 3042578769     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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