Gap analysis of the vegetation of the Intermountain Semi-Desert ecoregion

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-216

  Stoms, David M ^a   Davis, Frank W ^a   Driese, Kenneth L ^b   Cassidy, Kelly M ^c   Murray, Michael P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Conservation assessment; Gap analysis; Land cover; Land management; National Vegetation Classification System

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031852793     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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