Intensity of browsing on trees and shrubs under experimental variation of cattle stocking densities in southern Bolivia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1422-1428

  Marquardt, Svenja ^a,b   Marquez, Alfredo ^d   Bouillot, Hélène ^b   Beck, Stephan G ^c   Mayer, Andrea C ^b   Kreuzer, Michael ^b   Alzérreca A , Humberto ^c  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Dpto de Estructuras y Ciencias de Los Materiales   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Boliviano Tucumano; Browsing; Livestock; Silvopastoralism; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BOLIVIANO-TUCUMANO; BROWSING; LIVESTOCK; SILVOPASTORALISM; TREE REGENERATION;

DROUGHT;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; BROWSING; CATTLE; DRY SEASON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MONTANE FOREST; SHRUB; STOCKING DENSITY; TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL FOREST; VIGOR; WOODY PLANT;

AGRONOMY; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BOLIVIA; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; STOCKING DENSITY; TREES;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 68949157261     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.042     Document Type: Article

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