Plant biodiversity on shortgrass steppe after 55 years of zero, light, moderate, or heavy cattle grazing

Plant Ecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-118

  Hart, Richard H ^a  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Buchl e dactyloides; Dominance; Evenness; Great Plains; Species richness

Indexed keywords

GRAZING PRESSURE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BOS TAURUS; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BUBALUS; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CACTACEAE; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA COMATA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; RODENTIA; STIPA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0035653416     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013273400543     Document Type: Article

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