Sheep grazing in young oak Quercus spp. and ash Fraxinus excelsior plantations: Vegetation control, seasonality and tree damage

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-211

  McEvoy, P M ^a   McAdam, J H ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Browsing; Grazing; Herbicide; Sheep; Silvopasture; Tree damage; Vegetation control

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST CANOPY; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; PLANTATION; SEASONALITY; SHEEP; STEM; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; OVIS ARIES; QUERCUS;

EID: 50249111554     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9121-x     Document Type: Article

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