Ranchers as a keystone species in a west that works

Rangelands

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 4-9

  Knight, Richard L ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; RANCHING; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 36749068992     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2007)29[4:RAAKSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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