A viewpoint: Rangeland health and mule deer habitat

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-138

  Clements, Charlie D ^a   Young, James A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; bunch grass; historical perspective; Odocoileus hemionus; Purshia tridentata; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; POACEAE; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

HABITAT QUALITY; MULE DEER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGELAND;

USA;

EID: 0030906440     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002369     Document Type: Article

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