Forty-one years of vegetation change on permanent transects in Northeastern California: Implications for wildlife

California Fish and Game

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-71

  Schaefer, Robert J ^a   Thayer, Douglas J ^a   Burton, Timothy S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND COVER; OVERSTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

BROMUS TECTORUM; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0041738027     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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