Carbon exchange rates in grazed and ungrazed pastures of Wyoming

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-206

  Lecain, Daniel R ^a   Morgan, Jack A ^a   Schuman, Gerald E ^a   Reeder, Jean D ^a   Hart, Richard H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing; Photosynthesis; Productivity; Soil respiration; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GRAZING; MICROCLIMATE; PASTURE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0034015269     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003283     Document Type: Article

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