Short-term effects of cattle browsing on tree sapling growth in mountain wooded pastures

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Vandenberghe, Charlotte ^a,b   Freléchoux, François ^a   Moravie, Marie Agnès ^b   Gadallah, Fawziah ^b   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Acer pseudoplatanus; Fagus sylvatica; Grazing intensity; Picea abies; Silvopastoral system; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; GRAZING PRESSURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; REGROWTH; SAPLING; TREE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BOS TAURUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33846123926     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9160-1     Document Type: Article

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