Dominance, diversity and grazing in tallgrass restoration: Ecology has much to contribute to debates over the role of grazing in restoration - and much to learn from the results of experiments in restorative grazing

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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