Perceptions of landowners concerning conservation, grazing, fire, and Eastern Redcedar management in tallgrass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 645-654

  Morton, Lois Wright ^a   Regen, Elise ^a   Engle, David M ^b   Miller, James R ^c   Harr, Ryan N ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive ecosystem management; biodiversity; grazing management; Juniperus virginiana; landowner attitudes; prairie restoration; prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

IOWA; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

BOS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 78649497448     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00041.1     Document Type: Article

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