Livestock exclusion and belowground ecosystem responses in riparian meadows of eastern Oregon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1671-1679

  Kauffman, J Boone ^a,b   Thorpe, Andrea S ^a,c   Brookshire, E N Jack ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological resilience; Ecological restoration; Infiltration rates; Livestock effects; N dynamics; Oregon (USA) meadow communities, dry and wet; Riparian zones; Root biomass; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL PROPERTY;

MIDDLE FORK JOHN DAY RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RIPARIA;

EID: 11144349589     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5083     Document Type: Article

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