Cattle Grazing Impacts on Annual Forbs and Vegetation Composition of Mesic Grasslands in California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1694-1702

  Hayes, Grey F ^a   Holl, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0346735383     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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