Grazing without grasses: Effects of introduced livestock on plant community composition in an arid environment in northern Patagonia

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-116

  Tadey, Mariana ^a  

^a CRUB UNC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Monte; Plant cover; Plant density; Shrub steppe; Species richness; Stocking rate gradient

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; VERTEBRATA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 33750331628     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[109:GWGEOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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