Shrub-grassland small mammal and vegetation responses to rest from grazing

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Rosenstock, Steven S ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b dba Wingate Eco Logic   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; grazing effects; scale; small mammals

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029787173     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002878     Document Type: Article

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