Grazing intensities, vegetation, and heifer gains: 55 years on shortgrass

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 392-398

  Hart, Richard H ^a   Ashby, Mary M ^b  

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

^b Central Plains Experimental Range   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cover; Foliar cover; Frequency; Herbage yields; Plains pricklypear; Plant community composition

Indexed keywords

CATTLE PRODUCTION; GRAZING INTENSITY; RANGELAND; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ARISTIDA LONGISETA; BOS TAURUS; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BOVINAE; BUCHLOE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; HESPEROSTIPA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; STIPA; STIPA COMATO;

EID: 0031828065     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003323     Document Type: Article

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