Publications by François Frelechoux

The PASTO project: an innovative agricultural system of practices for mountain regions

Mountain agriculture faces numerous challenges: diminishing number of farms and of animals, advancing of the forest, search for viable economic alternatives and multiple social demands concerning the maintenance of landscapes, of biodiversity and the offer ...

2009

Does the strength of facilitation by nurse shrubs depend on grazing resistance of tree saplings?

Alexandre Buttler, Charlotte Vandenberghe, François Frelechoux

2009

The influence of competition from herbaceous vegetation and shade on simulated browsing tolerance of coniferous and deciduous saplings

Alexandre Buttler, Charlotte Vandenberghe, François Frelechoux

The ability of saplings to tolerate browsing (i.e. the ability to persist with reduced biomass and to compensate for biomass loss) is influenced by the level of stress and their growth strategies. Ultimately, insight into species-specific responses of sapl ...

2008

Short-term effects of cattle browsing on tree sapling growth in mountain wooded pastures

Alexandre Buttler, Charlotte Vandenberghe, François Frelechoux

Browsing by livestock has been identified as an important factor preventing tree regeneration in wooded pastures. Two field experiments were performed to investigate the effects of cattle browsing on tree sapling growth in a mountainwooded pasture. Two siz ...

2007

Succession secondaire et perte de diversité végétale après réduction du broutage dans un pâturage boisé des Alpes centrales suisses

François Gillet, François Frelechoux

2007

Competitive effects of herbaceous vegetation on tree seedling emergence, growth and survival: does gap size matter?

Alexandre Buttler, Charlotte Vandenberghe, François Frelechoux

Question: What is the effect of gap size on the seedling emergence, growth and survival of four common tree species in wooded pastures? Location: A pasture in the Jura mountains, Switzerland. Methods: Seeds were sown in a complete three-way factorial desig ...

2006