Soil and herbaceous plant responses to summer patch burns under continuous and rotational grazing

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Teague, W R ^a,b   Dowhower, S L ^a   Baker, S A ^a   Ansley, R J ^a,b   Kreuter, U P ^b   Conover, D M ^a   Waggoner, J A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing management; Infiltration; Prescribed burning; Rangeland restoration; Soil health; Summer fire

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INFILTRATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

POACEAE; PROSOPIS;

EID: 77950034288     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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