Land Ownership and Tenure of the Largest Land Parcels in the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Kindscher, Kelly ^a   Scott, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flint Hills; Kansas; Private land ownership; Ranching; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; OWNERSHIP PATTERN; RURAL LAND; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

USA, KANSAS, FLINT HILLS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030785711     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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