An evaluation of Arizona Cooperative Extension's Rangeland Monitoring Program

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-98

  Fernandez Gimenez, Maria E ^a   Ruyle, George ^b   McClaran, Susan Jorstad ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative Extension; Focus group; Permittee agency relations; Survey

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; RANGELAND;

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

EID: 22744439892     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58<89:AEOACE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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