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Grazing as a management tool in dune grasslands: Evidence of soil and scale dependence of the effect of large herbivores on plant diversity

Pejman Tahmasebi Kohyani, Auteur ; Beatrijs Bossuyt, Auteur ; Dries Bonte, Auteur ; Maurice Hoffmann, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (141(6) JUN 2008)

In nature management, the introduction of large herbivores into human-influenced grasslands is thought to be effective to maintain or enhance plant diversity. In order to test the validity of this assumption, we studied the effectof grazingby la[...]

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Restoration of woodpasture on former agricultural land: The importance of safe sites and time gaps before grazing for tree seedlings

Jan Van Uytvanck, Auteur ; Dirk Maes, Auteur ; Dominique Vandenhaute, Auteur ; Maurice Hoffmann, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (141(1) JAN 2008)

Woodpastures (open, grazed woodlands with a mosaic of grassland, shrub and tree patches) are of high biological and cultural value and have become a threatened ecosystem in Europe. Spontaneous tree regeneration in the presence of large herbivore[...]

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