A broad-scale perspective on the extent, distribution, and characteristics of U.S. grazing lands

The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 21-63

  Sobecki, T M ^a   Moffitt, D L ^a   Stone, J ^b   Franks, C D ^a   Mendenhall, A G ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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