A comparison of methods to determine plant successional stages

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-198

  Winslow, Susan R ^a,b   Sowell, Bok F ^a,b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant communities; Range condition; Seral stages; Succession

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0034113367     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003282     Document Type: Article

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