Livestock exclusion influences on riparian vegetation, channel morphology, and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Ranganath, Sheila C ^a   Hession, W Cully ^b   Wynn, Theresa M ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Channel morphology; Livestock exclusion; Riparian buffers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROUND COVER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70450225121     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.1.33     Document Type: Article

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