Comparison of pasture types in the tropical Andes: Species composition, distribution, nutritive value and responses to environmental change

Pastoralism is the main land use in the humid tropical Andes of South America. Wide areas of mountain rainforest have been cleared for gaining pastureland. Due to the lack of indigenous useful grasses in the pristine forests, mainly exotic grass species have been used for establishing the pastures....

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Main Authors: Julia Adams, Cyrus Samimi, Christina Mitterer, Jörg Bendix, Erwin Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Basic and Applied Ecology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179122000056