Respective influence of habitat conditions and management regimes on prealpine calcareous grasslands

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-275

  Barbaro, Luc ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^b   Anthelme, Fabien ^a,c   Corcket, Emmanuel ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c IRD Centre d'Orleans   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Biodiversity; Conservation management; Constrained ordination; Grassland ecosystems; Grazing; Mowing; Niche amplitude; Rare species; Shrub clearing

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CUTTING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FRANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PLANT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344606733     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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