Altered herbivore distribution associated with focal disturbance

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-257

  Limb, Ryan F ^a   Engle, David M ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Althoff, Donald P ^b   Gipson, Philip S ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Institute for Employee Safety   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic disturbance; heterogeneity; tracked vehicles; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORAGE; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORE; NATURAL DISASTER; PALATABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 77954544928     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00006.1     Document Type: Article

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