Assessment of expert opinion: Seasonal sheep preference and plant response to grazing

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-135

  Pollock, Meg L ^a   Legg, Colin J ^b   Holland, John P ^a   Theobald, Chris M ^c  

^a SAC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Grassland; Heathland; Herbivory; Knowledge; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34047244753     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-032R2.1     Document Type: Article

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