Viewpoint: A theoretical basis for planning woody plant control to maintain species diversity

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 554-559

  Fulbright, Timothy E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

edge; intermediate disturbance hypothesis; landscape architecture; species richness; state and transition model; succession; wildlife

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT CONTROL;

EID: 0029728853     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002299     Document Type: Article

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