The United States sheep experiment station: Shedding light on rangeland ecosystems

Rangelands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Seefeldt, Steven S ^a   Laycock, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Rangeland and Natural Resource Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; VEGETATION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646192505     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2006)28.2[30:TUSSES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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