The effects of livestock grazing on ground flora in broadleaf woodlands in Northern Ireland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 39-50

  McEvoy, P M ^a   Flexen, M ^a   McAdam, J H ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field layer diversity; Grazing exclusion; Livestock; Woodland grazing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; WOOD;

GRAZED WOODS; GRAZING EXCLUSION; SEMI-NATURAL WOODLANDS; WOODLAND GRAZING;

FARMS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIELD LAYER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 33645055934     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.026     Document Type: Article

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