Management strategies for sustainable beef cattle grazing on forested rangelands in the Pacific Northwest

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  DelCurto, Timothy ^a   Porath, Marni ^b   Parsons, Cory T ^b   Morrison, Julie A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Idaho Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Mixed conifer rangelands; Riparian areas

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; RANGELAND;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 22744439894     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58<119:MSFSBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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