Regrowth and rest requirements of northern wheatgrass following defoliation

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Kowalenko, Brendan L ^a   Romo, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Above ground net primary production; Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn.; Degree days; Elymus lanceolatus (Scrib. and Smith) Gould; Grazing management; Growing degree days; Northern Mixed Prairie; Regrowth

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NORTHERN WHEATGRASS; RANGELAND MANAGEMENT; RECOVERY RATE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0031907027     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003567     Document Type: Article

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