Interactive effects of drought and grazing on northern Great Plains rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-19

  Heitschmidt, R K ^a   Klement, K D ^a   Haferkamp, M R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant species composition; Primary production; Soil water

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; RANGELAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 22744445265     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58<11:IEODAG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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