Managing medusahead in the Intermountain West is at a critical threshold

Rangelands

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 13-15

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Johnson, Dutin D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RANGELAND; THRESHOLD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS TECTORUM; TAENIATHERUM;

EID: 65549103236     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2008)30[13:MMITIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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