Restoration of the fire-grazing interaction in Artemisia filifolia shrubland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 242-250

  Winter, Stephen L ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Goad, Carla L ^a   Davis, Craig A ^a   Hickman, Karen R ^a   Leslie Jr, David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Heterogeneity; Hierarchy; Patch burn; Pyric herbivory; Rangeland; Scale

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

GREAT PLAINS;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; ASTERACEAE; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84855938138     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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