Sheep Grazing and Wildfire: Disturbance Effects on Dry Grassland Vegetation in the Western Italian Alps

Land abandonment represents a major threat to the conservation of European semi-natural dry grasslands. To ensure biodiversity and habitat conservation, in this study, sheep grazing was reintroduced in abandoned <i>Festuco-Brometea</i> dry grasslands of a western Italian alpine valley. T...

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Main Authors: Ginevra Nota, Simone Ravetto Enri, Marco Pittarello, Alessandra Gorlier, Giampiero Lombardi, Michele Lonati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/1/6