Tallgrass prairie response to grazing system and stocking rate

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-146

  Gillen, Robert L ^a,b,c,d,e   Mccollum III, F Ted ^e   Tate, Kenneth W ^e   Hodges, Mark E ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Wheat Commission   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous grazing; Plant successions; Rotation grazing; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ANIMALIA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM; SORGKASTRUM; SORGKASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 0031916388     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003198     Document Type: Article

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