Role of megaherbivores in restoration of species-rich grasslands on former arable land in floodplains;Bedeutung der Megaherbivoren-Beweidung für die Renaturierung artenreicher Feuchtgrünländer auf ehemaligen Ackerflächen

Waldokologie Online

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 7-15

  Mann, Sandra ^a   Tischew, Sabine ^a  

^a ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal tracks; Floodplains; Hay transfer; Megaherbivore grazing; Natural recovery; Restoring former arable land; Seeding of commercial seed mixture; Species rich grassland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 77958604053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16147103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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