Assessing the benefits of grazing land conservation practices

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Weltz, Mark A ^a   Jolley, Leonard ^b   Nearing, Mark ^a   Stone, Jeff ^a   Goodrich, Dave ^a   Spaeth, Ken ^b   Kiniry, Jim ^a   Arnold, Jeff ^a   Bubenheim, David ^c   Hernandez, Mariano ^d   Wei, Haiyan ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FORAGE; FOREST COVER; GRAZING; LAND MANAGEMENT; OPEN SPACE; PASTURE; RANGELAND; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956581929     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.63.6.214A     Document Type: Article

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