Impact of grazing intensity during drought in an Arizona grassland: Contributed papers

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Loeser, Matthew R R ^a,c   Sisk, Thomas D ^a   Crews, Timothy E ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Yakima Valley Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Climatic variation; Exotic plants; Livestock grazing; Plant community; Plant cover; Short duration grazing

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARIZONA; FLAGSTAFF; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 33846994331     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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