The role of herbivores in Great Plains conservation: Comparative ecology of bison and cattle

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Allred, Brady W ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Herbivory; Restoration; Species comparisons; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860551409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00152.1     Document Type: Article

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