Stocking rate and weather impacts on sand sagebrush and grasses: A 20-year record

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-152

  Gillen, Robert L ^a   Sims, Phillip L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing intensity; Mixed prairie

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SHRUB; STOCKING DENSITY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; POACEAE;

EID: 33749163977     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-016R1.1     Document Type: Article

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