Are natural resources conservation service range management investments working at cross-purposes with wildlife habitat goals on western united states rangelands?

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-355

  Toombs, Theodore P ^a   Roberts, Martha G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem heterogeneity; Grassland birds; Grazing management; Grazing systems; Land management policy; Livestock distribution; Rangeland policy; Sildlife management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURAL RESOURCE; RANGELAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 68249104425     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-027.1     Document Type: Article

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