Effect of canopy and grazing on soil bulk density

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-417

  Tate, Kenneth W ^a   Dudley, Dennis M ^b   Mcdougald, Neil K ^c   George, Melvin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual rangeland; Compaction; RDM; Residual dry matter; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CANOPY GAP; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SOIL PROPERTY;

CALIFORNIA; MADERA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS; PINUS SABINIANA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS DOUGLASII; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS WISLIZENII;

EID: 8744256384     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003867     Document Type: Article

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