Vegetation, cattle, and economic responses to grazing strategies and pressures

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 638-646

  Manley, W A ^a   Hart, R H ^b   Samuel, M J ^c   Smith, M A ^a   Waggoner Jr , J W ^a   Manley, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cover; Mixed grass prairie; Plant communities; Rangeland; Succession; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE;

EID: 0030784808     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003460     Document Type: Article

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