?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Sward+structure+measurements+to+monitor+the+effect+of+grazing+in+nature+management+situations&rft.creator=Nielsen%2C+A.L.&rft.creator=Hald%2C+A.B.&rft.creator=Badsberg%2C+J.H.&rft.subject=+Biodiversity+and+ecosystem+services&rft.description=In+Denmark+private+farmers+under+contract+with+the+society+manage+many+nature+conservation+areas+on+low-lying+organic+soil.+In+the+contract+the+grazing+system+is+poorly+difined+in+relation+to+the+goals+and+there+is+a+lack+of+monitoring+intruments+for+practical+use+in+natural+areas.+Thus+there+is+a+need+to+define+grazing+system+indicators%2C+which+should+make+it+possible+toevaluate+effect+from+grazing+and+provide+a+feed-back+to+the+goals.+To+describe+the+effect+of+grazing+on+the+vegetation+structure%2C+detailed+measurements+of+sward+heights%2C+species+composition%2C+species+phenology%2C+distance+to+flowering+speecimens+of+Juncus+effeusus+I.+or+J.+conglomeratus+I.+were+carried+out+in+paddocks+grazed+by+1st+year+steers+at+two+different+levels+of+plant+species+diversity+and+at+two+levels+of+grazing+intensity.+The+aim+was+to+identify+variables+able+to+ecpose+the+effect+of+the+different+treatments.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4279%2F1%2F4279.pdf&rft.identifier=Nielsen%2C+A.L.%3B+Hald%2C+A.B.+and+Badsberg%2C+J.H.+(2002)+Sward+structure+measurements+to+monitor+the+effect+of+grazing+in+nature+management+situations.+Grassland+Science+in+Europe%2C+7%2C+pp.+822-823.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4279%2F