Patch burn grazing management in a semiarid grassland: Consequences for pronghorn, plains pricklypear, and wind erosion

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-47

  Augustine, David J ^a   Derner, Justin D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; conservation grazing; Opuntia polyacantha; prescribed fire; pyric herbivory; shortgrass steppe

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; EROSION RATE; FALLOW; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; PASTURE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; UNGULATE; WEIGHT; WIND EROSION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA;

EID: 84925949866     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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