Wyoming big sagebrush seed production from mined and unmined rangelands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 542-546

  Booth, D T ^a   Bai, Y ^b   Roos, E E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big game; Ecological restoration; Environmental effects; Seed quality; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

MINING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRIDENTATA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0141958836     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003848     Document Type: Article

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