Review: Prospects and limitations of prescribed burning as a management tool in European grasslands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-33

  Valkó, Orsolya ^a,b   Török, Péter ^b   Deák, Balázs ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^b  

^a MTA DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ecosystem services; Fire; Grazing; Mowing; Prairie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893764150     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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