Comparison of rangeland vegetation sampling techniques in the Central Grasslands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-172

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Bull, Kelly A ^b   Otsuki, Yuka ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic and rare species detection; Multi scale vegetation sampling design; Species richness; Transect methods

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RANGELAND; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0031938189     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003202     Document Type: Article

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