Benefits of multi-paddock grazing management on rangelands: Limitations of experimental grazing research and knowledge gaps

Grasslands: Ecology, Management and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-80

  Teague, Richard ^a   Provenza, Fred ^b   Norton, Brien ^c   Steffens, Tim ^d   Barnes, Matthew ^e   Kothmann, Mort ^f   Roath, Roy ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for the Management of Arid Environments   (Australia)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

^e Texas A and M University ^*  (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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