Tree regeneration and sapling damage of pedunculate oak Quercus robur in a grazed forest in Galicia, NW Spain: A comparison of continuous and rotational grazing systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-92

  McEvoy, P M ^a   McAdam, J H ^a,b   Mosquera Losada, M R ^c   Rigueiro Rodriguez A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ^*  (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Browsing; Quercus robur; Regeneration; Sapling damage

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; REGENERATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EQUUS CABALLUS; PINUS RADIATA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 33644549999     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-2916-0     Document Type: Article

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