The Grazing Response Index: A Simple and Efffective Method to Evaluate Grazing Impacts

Rangelands

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3-6

  Reed, Floyd ^a   Roath, Roy ^a   Bradford, David ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAZING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; RANGELAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032734459     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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