Impact of grazing management with large herbivores on forest ground flora and bramble understorey

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-532

  Van Uytvanck, Jan ^a,b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anemone nemorosa; Associational resistance; Bramble control; Competition for light; Hyacinthoides non scripta; Treading and trampling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIPPING; DATA SET; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOWERING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROUND COVER; HERBIVORE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYTOMASS; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAMPLING; TRANSECT; UNDERSTORY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; ANIMALIA; BOS; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE; RUBUS; VINCA; VINCA MINOR;

EID: 67349202135     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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