Public land grazing in California: Untapped conservation potential for private lands?

Rangelands

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 9-12

  Sulak, Adriana ^a   Huntsinger, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GRAZING; LAND USE PLANNING; RANGELAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347221541     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2007)29[9:PLGICU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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