Grazing and grazing exclusion effects on New Mexico shortgrass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-659

  Holechek, Jerry L ^a   Galt, Dee ^b   Khumalo, Godfrey ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Range Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Drought; Forage; Grazing management; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; SIMILARITY INDEX; VEGETATION COVER;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS;

EID: 33845494958     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-167R1.1     Document Type: Article

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