Composition and diversity of plant and small mammal communities in tebuthiuron-treated big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Weed Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 404-416

  Johnson, Kris H ^a,b   Olson, Richard A ^a   Whitson, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

ARTTR; Aster mollis; biodiversity; Centrocercus urophasianus; community; endangered species; herbicides; sagebrush thinning; Shannon diversity index; spatial scale; Spermophilus elegans; wildlife habitat management

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0029810868     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x0004015x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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