Vegetation characteristics across part of the Wyoming big sagebrush alliance

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-575

  Davies, Kirk W ^a,c   Bates, Jonathan D ^a   Miller, Richard F ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata spp. wyomingensis; Cover potential; Plant associations; Sage grouse; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACHNATHERUM THURBERIANUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; COLEOPTERA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; HESPEROSTIPA; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA; PIPERACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 33845496974     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-004R2.1     Document Type: Article

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