Broom (Cytisus scoparius) colonization after grazing abandonment in the French Massif Central: impact on vegetation composition and resource availability

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-268

  Prévosto, Bernard ^a   Dambrine, Etienne ^a   Coquillard, Patrick ^b   Robert, Audrey ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Grassland; Light regime; Shrub; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; RUBUS;

EID: 33749316943     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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