Rotational grazing effects on rangeland vegetation at a farm scale

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Jacobo, Elizabeth J ^a   Rodríguez, Adriana M ^a   Bartoloni, Norberto ^a   Deregibus, Víctor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grazing systems; Plant community structure; Plant diversity; Temperate grasslands

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING PRESSURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 33749179062     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-129R1.1     Document Type: Article

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