The effect of horse, cattle and sheep grazing on the diversity and abundance of land snails in nutrient-poor calcareous grasslands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-65

  Boschi, Cristina ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Gastropods; Grazing intensity; Livestock species; Pasture management

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CANDIDULA UNIFASCIATA; CECILIOIDES ACICULA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OVIS ARIES; PLEBEIA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TRICHIA (GASTROPOD); TRUNCATELLINA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 33845958643     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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