Responses of plant communities to grazing in the southwestern United States

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 169 RMRS-GTR, 2006, Pages 1-129

  Milchunas, Daniel G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247387974     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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