Effect of sheep grazing on a leafy spurge-infested Idaho fescue community

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Olson, Bret E ^a   Wallander, Roseann T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluebunch wheatgrass; Density; Euphorbia esula; Festuca idahoensis; Frequency; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Seedbank; Weed

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHEEP;

IDAHO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROVINCE; USA;

BROMUS; CAREX; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POA SANDBERGII; POA SECUNDA; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0031890486     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003214     Document Type: Article

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