Herbaceous vegetation change in variable rangeland environments: The relative contribution of grazing and climatic variability

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-188

  Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Briske, David D ^b   Smeins, Fred E ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Grazing; Herbivory; Plant animal interaction; Rangeland evaluation; Resilience; Stability; State and transition model; Vegetation change; Vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035681316     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2001.tb00486.x     Document Type: Article

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