Reclamation considerations for range, pasture, and hay lands receiving twenty-five to sixty-six centimeters annual precipitation

Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 273-302

  Ries, Ronald E ^a   Nilson, David J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Basin Electric Power Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; Cultural practices; Ecosystem approach; Grazing pasture; Hay lands; Plant species selection; Rangelands; Reclaimed pasture; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104299691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr41.c11     Document Type: Chapter

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