Browsing and tree size influences on Ashe juniper understory

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Smeins, Fred E ^a   Taylor, Charles A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edwards Plateau; Goats; Grazing; Herbivory; Juniperus ashei

Indexed keywords

ASHE JUNIPER; BROWSING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; TREE SIZE; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; USA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; NASSELLA LEUCOTRICHA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; STIPA; STIPA LEUCOTRICHA;

EID: 0030770152     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003706     Document Type: Article

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