Are old Mediterranean grasslands resilient to human disturbances?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-94

  Coiffait Gombault, Clémentine ^a   Buisson, Elise ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Dry grassland; Regeneration; Resilience; Soil erosion; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCAVATION; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PIPELINE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SHEEP; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; WEED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 84861989209     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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