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Long-term effects of short-term perturbation in a sub-alpine grassland

Theoretical advances and short-term experimental studies have furthered our understanding of how ecosystems respond to perturbation. However, there are few wellreplicated experimental studies that allow an assessment of long-term responses. Results from a ...

2006

Flooding tolerance of Central European tree and shrub species

Rodolphe Schlaepfer

Extensive efforts have been made in recent years to restore rivers with a view to increasing the ecological value of riparian areas and the surrounding landscape and to improving the protection provided against extreme flooding events. One of the important ...

Elsevier2006

Modern pollen assemblages from grazed vegetation in the western Pyrenees, France: a numerical tool for more precise reconstruction of past cultural landscapes

Alexandre Buttler

Modern pollen assemblages from grazed vegetation in the Pyrenees Mountains (France) were studied with the aim of providing a calibrated model for reconstructing past pastoral activities. The modern analogues were selected to cover the major gradients of gr ...

2006

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The effect of cattle activity on pastures can be subdivided into three categories of disturbances: herbage removal, dunging and trampling. The objective of this study was to assess separately or in combination the effect of these factors on the potential a ...

2005

Seasonal dynamics of plant species at fine scale in wooded pastures

Alexandre Buttler, François Gillet, Jean-Michel Gobat

A cell-grid method was used to survey seasonal changes in four herbaceous communities of a wooded pasture. Permanent plots consisted in 1-m3 grids subdivided into 100 cells of 1 dm2. In each cell of each plot and every month from May to September, we estim ...

2004

Translocation of copper in an alpine chronosequence by phenolic-type vectors

Repeated applications of Cu for phytosanitary treatments of vineyards and orchards have contributed to a considerable increase of Cu levels in soils over the last decades. Therefore the risk of migration and Cu contamination of the groundwater and the drin ...

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