Conflicting management objectives on the Colorado Plateau: Understanding the effects of bison and cattle grazing on plant community composition

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 293-301

  Ware, Ian M ^a   Terletzky, Pat ^a   Adler, Peter B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing; NDVI; Plant community composition; Plant herbivore interactions; Rangeland management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRAZING PRESSURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNGULATE;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

BISON; BISON BISON; BOS;

EID: 84902835711     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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