Interacting effects of landownership, land use, and endangered species on conservation of southwestern U.S. rangelands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 783-792

  Sayre, Nathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative management; Endangered Species Act; Fire; Livestock grazing; Riparian areas; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RIPARIA;

EID: 20044379305     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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