Restoration of woodpasture on former agricultural land: The importance of safe sites and time gaps before grazing for tree seedlings

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-88

  Uytvanck, Jan Van ^a   Maes, Dirk ^a   Vandenhaute, Dominique ^b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Conservation management; Large herbivores; Low intensity grazing; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GRAZING; HERB; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; VEGETATION TYPE; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CAREX; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; JUNCUS EFFUSUS BRUNNEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RUBUS;

EID: 36549057677     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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