Livestock grazing in intermountain depressional wetlands-Effects on plant strategies, soil characteristics and biomass

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 175, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-28

  Teuber, Laurenz M ^a,c   Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Fraser, Lauchlan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; CSR model; Depressional wetlands; Ruderals; Salinification; Soil salinity; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOUNTAIN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84879494433     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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