Perennial grass abundance along a grazing gradient in Mendoza, Argentina

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-369

  Gonnet, Jorge M ^a   Guevara, Juan C ^a   Estevez, Oscar R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Basal area; Distance from water; Plant density

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CATTLE; DENSITY; GRASS; GRAZING;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA PROVINCE;

ANIMALIA; ARISTIDA; ARISTIDA INVERSA; ARISTIDA MENDOCINA; BOS TAURUS; CHLORIS; CHLORIS CASTILLONIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 0041910153     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004040     Document Type: Article

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