Shrub effects on herbs and grasses in semi-natural grasslands: Positive, negative or neutral relationships?

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-21

  Pihlgren, A ^a   Lennartsson, T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Grazing; Grazing refuge; Plant sexual reproduction; Rosa dumalis seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; GRASSLAND; HERB; PASTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHRUB;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

POACEAE; ROSA DUMALIS;

EID: 39049136937     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2007.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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