Historical changes in stocking densities on texas rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-317

  Wilcox, Bradford P ^a   Sorice, Michael G ^b   Angerer, Jay ^c   Wright, Cynthia L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Destocking; Ecological; Hydrological; Land fragmentation; Land ownership; Socioeconomic trends; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DOMESTIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RANGELAND; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION; WOODY PLANT;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

EID: 84859352441     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00119.1     Document Type: Article

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