Simulation models and management of rangeland ecosystems: Past, present, and future

Rangelands

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 32-38

  Hanson, Clayton L ^a   Wight, J Ross ^a   Slaughter, Charles W ^a   Pierson, Fred B ^a   Spaeth, Ken ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MODELING; RANGELAND;

EID: 0032713763     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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