A nondestructive method to estimate standing crop of purple threeawn and blue Grama

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 538-542

  Sorensen, Grant E ^a   Wester, David B ^b   Rideout Hanzak, Sandra ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristida purpurea; biomass estimation; Bouteloua gracilis; regression

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOTYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RANGELAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LUBBOCK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867342308     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00227.1     Document Type: Article

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