A robust model for estimating standing crop across vegetation types

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 494-497

  Vermeire, Lance T ^a   Ganguli, Amy C ^a   Gillen, Robert L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed prairie; Non destructive sampling; Robel pole; Shortgrass; Tallgrass

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASS; GRAZING; RANGELAND; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036382022     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003228     Document Type: Article

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