Vegetation dynamics in burnt heather-gorse shrublands under different grazing management with sheep and goats

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Jauregui B M ^a   Celaya, R ^a   Garcia U ^a   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fire; Heathland; Plant cover; Small ruminants; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GOAT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; LEGUME; SHEEP; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CALLUNA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX GALLII;

EID: 34247393687     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9045-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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