Ecological effects of ranching: A six-point critique

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 759-765

  Freilich, Jerome E ^a,b   Emlen, John M ^c   Duda, Jeffrey J ^c   Freeman, D Carl ^d   Cafaro, Philip J ^e  

^a Wyoming Outdoor Council   (United States)

^b Olympic National Park   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grazing; Ranching; Range management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043071597     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0759:EEORAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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