How does grazing intensity influence the diversity of plants and insects in a species-rich upland grassland on basalt soils?

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-105

  Dumont, B ^a   Farruggia, A ^a   Garel, J P ^b   Bachelard, P ^c   Boitier, E ^c   Frain, M ^d  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UE 1296 Unité Expérimentale des Monts d'Auvergne   (France)

^c Société d Histoire Naturelle Alcide d Orbigny   (France)

^d Association Pour le Développement de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Auvergne   (France)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Cattle; Functional diversity; Grasshoppers; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASALT; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCKING DENSITY; TOLERANCE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 60349096610     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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