After grazing exclusion, is there any modification of strategy for two guerrilla species: Elymus repens (L.) Gould and Agrostis stolonifera (L.)?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Amiaud, Bernard ^a   Touzard, Blaise ^b   Bonis, Anne ^c   Bouzillé, Jan Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Grassland; Morphology; Plant dynamics; Plant functional traits

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROWTH; MORPHOMETRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOME; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCKING DENSITY;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; POACEAE;

EID: 44349171305     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9364-z     Document Type: Article

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