Managing for biodiversity and livestock

Rangelands

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 10-15

  Toombs, Theodore P ^a   Derner, Justin D ^b   Augustine, David J ^b   Krueger, Bryce ^c   Gallagher, Seth ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

GREAT PLAINS;

AVES;

EID: 77953744763     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-10-00006.1     Document Type: Article

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