Evaluating expert knowledge: Plant species responses to cattle grazing and fire

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 332-344

  Rodríguez Iglesias, Ricardo M ^a   Kothmann, Mort M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distinguishability; Kappa statistics; Landscape scale; Log linear models; Vegetation trends

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEM; FIRE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; USA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; RUTA;

EID: 2642647875     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003420     Document Type: Article

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