Stiff sunflower population dynamics on summer-grazed sandhills rangeland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 590-596

  Reece, Patrick E ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Koehler, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cumulative grazing pressure; Defoliation characteristics; Grazing tolerance; Helianthus rigidus ssp. subrhomboides; Plant size and density; Summer mortality

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PASTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGELAND;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944408020     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004013     Document Type: Article

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