Viewpoint: Benefits and impacts of wildlife water developments

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-311

  Rosenstock, Steven S ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a,b   Devos Jr , James C ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchments; Guzzlers; Stocktanks; Tinajas; Water requirements; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032994204     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003538     Document Type: Review

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