Influence of livestock grazing strategies on riparian response to wildfire in Northern Nevada

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  Dalldorf, K N ^a   Swanson, S R ^a   Kozlowski, D F ^a   Schmidt, K M ^a   Shane, R S ^a   Fernandez, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

grazing history; Great Basin; logistic regression; stream survey

Indexed keywords

GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; WILDFIRE;

GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872970393     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00065.1     Document Type: Article

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