Sheep grazing vs. cutting: Regeneration and soil nutrient exploitation of the grassland weed Rumex obtusifolius

BioControl

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-850

  Zaller, Johann G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cultural control; Direct weed control; Pasture management; Ruminant grazing; Weed ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PASTURE; REGENERATION; SHEEP; SOIL NUTRIENT; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; RUMEX; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS;

EID: 33750538505     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-005-5272-0     Document Type: Article

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