Does cattle dung cause differences between grazing increaser and decreaser germination response?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Carmona, Carlos P ^a   Azcárate, Francisco M ^a   Peco, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dung; Grasslands; Herbivory; Piecewise regression; Root growth; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LEACHATE; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT; THRESHOLD;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BOS;

EID: 84870904046     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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