Sustainability of agroecosystems in semi-arid grasslands: Simulated management of woody vegetation in the Rio Grande Plains of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-42

  Grant, W E ^a   Hamilton, Wayne T ^a   Quintanilla, Esteban ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Brush control; Rio Grande plains; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033486089     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00147-7     Document Type: Article

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