Cover components on long-term seasonal sheep grazing treatments in three-tip sagebrush steppe

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Bork, Edward W ^a,d   West, Neil E ^a   Walker, John W ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artemisia tripartita; Grazing season; Rangeland indicators; Resilience

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHEEP; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER;

DUBOIS; IDAHO; USA;

ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA;

EID: 0031864775     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003414     Document Type: Article

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