Mediterranean Quercus suber wooded grasslands risk disappearance: New evidences from Sardinia (Italy)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-157

  Rossetti, Ivo ^a   Bagella, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grazing; Habitat 6310; Natura 2000; Predictions; Size structure; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING;

GRAZING; HABITAT 6310; NATURA 2000; SIZE STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEIGHT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PREDICTION; REGENERATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TILLAGE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84904057287     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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