Interactions of grasslands with forest at the landscape level: Topical issues and challenges attached to land management in agro-silvo-pastoral landscapes

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-250

  Balent, Gérard ^a   Gibon, Annick ^a  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

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