How much does grazing-induced heterogeneity impact plant diversity in wet grasslands?

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-239

  Marion, Benoît ^a,b   Bonis, Anne ^a,b   Bouzillé, Jan Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

additive partitioning; grazing intensity; management; patchiness; species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; HORSE; PATCHINESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; FRANCE;

BOS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77958167264     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-3-3315     Document Type: Article

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