Restoration of Riparian Areas Following the Removal of Cattle in the Northwestern Great Basin

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 930-942

  Batchelor, Jonathan L ^a   Ripple, William J ^a   Wilson, Todd M ^b   Painter, Luke E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grazing; Hart Mountain; Passive restoration; Repeat photography; Riparian

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

CATTLE; GRAZING; HART MOUNTAIN; PASSIVE RESTORATIONS; REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHIES; RIPARIAN;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SOIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; OREGON; PLANTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOIL;

EID: 84939951383     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0436-2     Document Type: Article

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