Impact of targeted sheep grazing on herbage and holm oak saplings in a silvopastoral wildfire prevention system in south-eastern Spain

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-491

  Ruiz Mirazo, Jabier ^a   Robles, Ana Belén ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diversity; Grazed fuelbreak; Ground cover; Mediterranean; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; GROUND COVER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; SAPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES; QUERCUS;

EID: 84869113466     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9510-z     Document Type: Article

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