Effect of grazing on grasslands in the Western Romanian carpathians depends on the bedrock type

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Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-104

  Başnou, Corina ^a   Pino, Joan ^a   Šmilauer, Petr ^b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apuseni mts; Bedrock type; Canonical correspondence analysis; Grazing pressure; Semi natural grasslands

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIMESTONE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANIC ROCK;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68249124845     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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