Hardwood rangeland landowners in California from 1985 to 2004: Production, ecosystem services, and permanence

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-334

  Huntsinger, Lynn ^a   Johnson, Martin ^a   Stafford, Monica ^a   Fried, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; conservation easements; impermanence syndrome; land use; management; Quercus

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS;

EID: 84865269152     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-166.1     Document Type: Article

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