Sagebrush-grass vegetation dynamics: Comparing Classical and State-Transition models

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 795-804

  Allen Diaz, Barbara ^a   Bartolome, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rangeland management; Sagebrush grass ecosystem; State transition model; Succession; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0031852225     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0795:SGVDCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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