Ecological sites: Their history, status, and future

Rangelands

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 5-8

  Brown, Joel R ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; SITE INDEX; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 78650872729     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-10-00089.1     Document Type: Article

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