Evaluating livestock grazing use with streambank alteration protocols: Challenges and solutions

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-655

  Heitke, Jeremiah D ^a   Henderson, Richard C ^a   Roper, Brett B ^a   Archer, Eric K ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allowable use standards; Annual monitoring indicators; Observer variability; Riparian grazing; Training

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BANK; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 61949348928     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-024.1     Document Type: Article

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