Long-term vegetation productivity and trend under two stocking levels on Chihuahuan Desert rangeland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-171

  Khumalo, Godfrey ^a   Holechek, Jerry ^a   Thomas, Milt ^a   Molinar, Francisco ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Cattle; Drought; Ecological condition; Forage; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORAGE; GRAZING PRESSURE; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; STOCKING DENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; POACEAE;

EID: 34047263993     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-061R3.1     Document Type: Article

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