Pyric-herbivory to promote rangeland heterogeneity: Evidence from small mammal communities

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 670-678

  Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Townsend II, Darrell E ^a   Elmore, R Dwayne ^a   Engle, David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; fire; grazing; landscape ecology; patch dynamics; wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE; GRAZING; HABITAT MOSAIC; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PARADIGM SHIFT; PATCH DYNAMICS; RANGELAND; RODENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHAETODIPUS HISPIDUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 78649501559     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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