Plant responses to defoliation and resource supplementation in the Pryor Mountains

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Fahnestock, Jace T ^a,b   Detling, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Primary production; Pryor Mountain Wild Horses Range; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Wild horses

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DEFOLIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION;

PRYOR MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0032933875     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003689     Document Type: Article

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