Vegetation dynamics in Cantabrian heathlands associated with improved pasture areas under single or mixed grazing by sheep and goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 165-177

  Celaya, R ^a   Martinez A ^a   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gorse; Heather; Phytomass; Ryegrass clover; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CALLUNA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ERICACEAE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX GALLII;

EID: 34547670385     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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