A hierarchical model for analysing the stability of vegetation patterns created by grazing in temperate pastures

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Rossignol, Nicolas ^b   Chadoeuf, Joël ^c   Carrère, Pascal ^b   Dumont, Bertrand ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Boolean process; Cattle; Functional diversity; Patch stability; Semi variograms; Spatially explicit model; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 78951469027     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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