Is spring burning a viable management tool for species-rich grasslands?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 429-441

  Milberg, Per ^a   Akoto, Brenda ^a   Bergman, Karl Olof ^a   Fogelfors, Håkan ^b   Paltto, Heidi ^a   Tälle, Malin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire; Grass; Grazing; Indicators; Meta analysis; Mowing; Odds ratio; Semi natural grassland, Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902540315     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12091     Document Type: Article

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