Defoliation increased above-ground productivity in a semi-arid grassland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 442-447

  Loeser, Matthew R ^a   Crews, Timothy E ^b   Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ANPP; Clipping; High elevation grasslands; Overcompensation; Root biomass; Squirreltail; Western wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DEFOLIATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SEMIARID REGION;

ELYMUS ELYMOIDES;

EID: 15944395095     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003972     Document Type: Article

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