Effects of livestock grazing on stand dynamics and soils in upland forests of the interior West

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-327

  Joy Belsky, A ^a,c   Blumenthal, Dana M ^b  

^a Oregon Natural Resources Council   (United States)

^b Oregon Naturell Desert Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; PINACEAE; PINUS PONDEROSA;

GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; MIXED-CONIFER FOREST; PINE FOREST; PONDEROSA PINE; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; STAND DYNAMICS;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030619518     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95405.x     Document Type: Review

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