Leaf traits as functional descriptors of the intensity of continuous grazing in native grasslands in the South of Brazil

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-358

  Cruz, Pablo ^a   De Quadros, Fernando Luis F ^a   Theau, Jean Pierre ^b   Frizzo, Adriana ^c   Jouany, Claire ^a   Duru, Michel ^a   Carvalho, Paulo Cesar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

grazing pressure; leaf dry matter content; plant functional types; Poacea; specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84856228181     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-016.1     Document Type: Article

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