Effects of long-term management practices on grassland plant assemblages in Mediterranean cork oak silvo-pastoral systems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 621-631

  Bagella, Simonetta ^a   Salis, Lorenzo ^b   Marrosu, Gian Marco ^b   Rossetti, Ivo ^a   Fanni, Stefania ^c   Caria, Maria Carmela ^a   Roggero, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b AGRIS Sardegna   (Italy)

^c AGRIS Sardegna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grazing systems; Soil features; Stocking rate; Tillage; Trifolium subterraneum

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTORALISM; PH; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY; TILLAGE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS SUBER; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 84876430890     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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