Viewpoint: The ecological value of shrub islands on disturbed sagebrush rangelands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 571-575

  Longland, William S ^a   Bateman, Sheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata Nutt.; Biological diversity; Disturbance; Island Biogeography Theory; Succession; Terrestrial habitat islands

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; MAMMALIA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0036851757     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004000     Document Type: Short Survey

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