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The effects of grazing on the pollen production of grasses

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Samples from moss polsters taken over three consecutive years during a controlled grazing experiment in a nature reserve in the Netherlands were analysed for their pollen content, particularly grass pollen. Samples were also taken in the year following the experiment, with grazing pressure strongly diminished. This yielded data regarding the effect of grazing on the pollen production of grasses in open habitats, plantations, and unproductive and productive woods under different grazing pressures.

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  1. Instituut voor pre- en protohistorische archeologie Albert Egges van Giffen (IPP), Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, NL-1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    W. Groenman-van Waateringe

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Groenman-van Waateringe, W. The effects of grazing on the pollen production of grasses. Veget Hist Archaebot 2, 157–162 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198586

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