Aboriginal precedent for active management of sagebrush-perennial grass communities in the Great Basin

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-253

  Kent McAdoo, J ^a   Schultz, Brad W ^a   Swanson, Sherman R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

aboriginal fire; Artemisia; disturbance; historic range of variation (HRV); rangeland restoration; resilience

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; BIOPHYSICS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIGHTNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS;

EID: 84878319100     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00231.1     Document Type: Article

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