Grazing effects on the sustainability of an oak coppice forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-432

  Ainalis, Apostolos B ^a   Platis, Panagiotis D ^b   Meliadis, Ioannis M ^b  

^a 46th Agriculture School St   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deciduous oak forests; Environmental sustainability; Forage production; Sustainable wood production

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FORAGE PRODUCTION; FOREST GROWTH; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; MACEDONIA; MANAGEMENT SCHEME; MANAGEMENT TOOL; OAK FORESTS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TREE GROWTH; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; WOOD PRODUCTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORAGE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY;

COPPICE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; QUERCUS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE];

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 72649090160     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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