Rangeland management impacts on soil biological indicators in southern Alberta

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Dormaar, Johan F ^a   Willms, Walter D ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abandoned land; Introduced grasses; Monoculture; Soil transformations; Steady state

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CANADA; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; SEASONALITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOINDICATOR; CULTIVATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL QUALITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

FESTUCA CAMPESTRIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; STIPA COMATA; STIPA VIRIDULA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034018488     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003289     Document Type: Article

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