A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-220

  Blüthgen, Nico ^a   Dormann, Carsten F ^b   Prati, Daniel ^c   Klaus, Valentin H ^d   Kleinebecker, Till ^d   Hölzel, Norbert ^d   Alt, Fabian ^e   Boch, Steffen ^c   Gockel, Sonja ^f   Hemp, Andreas ^g   Müller, Jörg ^g   Nieschulze, Jens ^h   Renner, Swen C ⁱ   Schöning, Ingo ^h   Schumacher, Uta ^g   Socher, Stephanie A ^c   Wells, Konstans ⁱ   Birkhofer, Klaus ^j   Buscot, François ^k,l   Oelmann, Yvonne ^e   Rothenwöhrer, Christoph ^m   Scherber, Christoph ^m   Tscharntke, Teja ^m   Weiner, Christiane N ⁿ   Fischer, Markus ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ⁱ   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ⁿ   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^h   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^f,o   more..

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^j JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Biodiversity exploratories; Grassland management; Land use impacts; Livestock density; Meadows; Nitrogen; Pastures

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84861742564     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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