Integrated grazing and prescribed fire restoration strategies in a mesquite Savanna: I. Vegetation responses

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-285

  Teague, W R ^a   Dowhower, S L ^a   Ansley, R J ^a   Pinchak, W E ^a   Waggoner, J A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brush; cactus; drought; Prosopis glandulosa; ranching systems; rangeland restoration

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 79251507352     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-171.1     Document Type: Article

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