Impacts of grazing abandonment on ecosystem service provision: Coastal grassland as a model system

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 162, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-115

  Ford, Hilary ^a,b   Garbutt, Angus ^a   Jones, Davey L ^b   Jones, Laurence ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem function; Management; Semi natural grassland; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAGOMORPH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLINATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

BOS; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84869757869     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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