Vegetation responses to the first 20 years of cattle grazing in an Australian desert

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 681-692

  Fensham, R J ^a,b   Fairfax, R J ^a   Dwyer, J M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridlands; Australia; Desert; Grazing; Simpson desert; State and transition models; Water remoteness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ARID REGION; CATTLE; DESERT; GRAZING PRESSURE; PH; RAINFALL; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA; SIMPSON DESERT;

BOS;

EID: 77950405084     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2356.1     Document Type: Article

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