The effect of grazing pressure on species richness, composition and productivity in North Adriatic Karst pastures

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Skornik S ^a   Vidrih, M ^b   Kaligaric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Above ground biomass; Below ground biomass; Life form; Mediterranean montane grasslands; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955235032     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263501003750250     Document Type: Article

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