Using Shrub Clearing, Draining, and Herbivory to Control Bramble Invasion in Mediterranean Dry Grasslands

• Published in: Environmental management (New York) Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 933 - 945
• Main Authors: Masson, Solène, Mesléard, François, Dutoit, Thierry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biodiversity; botanical composition; Centuries; Clearing; Drainage; Drainage control; Drainage, Sanitary; Drying; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods; Flowers & plants; Forestry Management; France; Goats; Grassland; Grasslands; Grazing; Herbivores; Herbivory; Indigenous species; Land use; Mediterranean Region; Mixed grazing; Nature Conservation; Plant communities; Plants (organisms); Poaceae - growth & development; Population Density; Rangelands; Rubus - growth & development; Rubus inermis; Rubus ulmifolius; Sheep; shrubs; Species richness; Trenches; Vegetation; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water resources; France; Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Area; ANE, France; MED; MED, France; Ecological restoration; Plant community; Colonization; Disturbance; Vegetation

For centuries, the dry grassland of the plain of La Crau (south-eastern France) has been subjected to numerous disturbances resulting in the destruction and the fragmentation of this emblematic rangeland ecosystem of the Mediterranean. Today, this ecosystem is facing a new threat from a proliferatin...