Influence of mowing artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis on winter habitat for wildlife

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Bates, Jonathan D ^a   Johnson, Dustin D ^b   Nafus, Aleta M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover; Crude protein; Mechanical treatment; Nutritional quality; Recovery; Sagebrush; Wyoming big sagebrush

Indexed keywords

COVER; CRUDE PROTEIN; MECHANICAL TREATMENT; NUTRITIONAL QUALITY; SAGEBRUSH; WYOMING BIG SAGEBRUSH;

DETERGENTS; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; MOWING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER; WILD POPULATION; WINTER;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT; HERB; LANDSCAPE; MOWING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; CELLULOSE; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; LIGNIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; DETERGENTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; NUTRITION; PLANTS; PROTEINS; RECOVERY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 67651149536     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9258-4     Document Type: Article

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