Herbicide effects on vegetation spatial patterns in a mesquite savanna

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-633

  Heaton, Chandra B ^a   Wu, X Ben ^a   Ansley, R James ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Clopyralid; GIS and remote sensing; Semi arid rangeland; Spatial pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

GIS; HERBICIDE; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; VEGETATION COVER;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0344084347     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003938     Document Type: Article

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