Landowner willingness to participate in a Texas brush reduction program

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-237

  Kreuter, Urs P ^a   Tays, Mark R ^b   Conner, J Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Canopy cover; Cost sharing; Landowner perceptions; Mail survey; Rangeland water yields

Indexed keywords

BUSHLAND; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RANGELAND; WATER YIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944399049     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003789     Document Type: Article

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