Shrub species richness beneath honey mesquite on root-plowed rangeland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Stewart, Kelley M ^a   Bonner, Jeffrey P ^a   Palmer, George R ^a   Patten, S Frank ^a   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a  

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

Author keywords

brush control; Prosopis glandulosa; species richness; succession

Indexed keywords

HONEY MESQUITE; PLOUGHING; RANGELAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

USA, TEXAS;

FABACEAE; MIMOSACEAE; OPUNTIA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; YUCCA;

EID: 0030618516     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002383     Document Type: Article

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