Growth responses of warm-season tallgrasses to dormant-season management

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-446

  Schacht, Walter H ^a   Smart, Alexander J ^a   Anderson, Bruce E ^a   Moser, Lowell E ^a   Rasby, Rick ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; High intensity grazing; Mowing; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT RESPONSE; RANGELAND; YIELD;

NEBRASKA; USA;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 0031850944     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003331     Document Type: Article

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