Vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean forest pastures as affected by beef cattle grazing

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-370

  Casasus I ^a   Bernues A ^a   Sanz, A ^a   Villalba, D ^a   Riedel, J L ^a   Revilla, R ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Browsing; Grazing; Mountain pastures; Shrub encroachment; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

BOS; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33947422938     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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