Grass seedling recruitment in cattle dungpats

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 649-655

  Gokbulak, F ^a   Call, C A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal seeding; Revegetation; Seed dispersal; Seedling emergence; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK; RANGELAND; RECRUITMENT; REINTRODUCTION; REVEGETATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM X AGROPYRUM CRISTATUM; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 15944413186     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4004023     Document Type: Article

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