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Plains Pricklypear: Relation to Grazing Intensity and Blue Grama Yield on Central Great Plains
Author
Bement, R. E.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1968-03-01
Body

Twenty-five years of light, moderate, and heavy grazing by cattle have had little effect on abundance of pricklypear at Central Plains Experimental Range. Pricklypear was removed from heavily infested sandy-loam and clay-loam soils; blue grama yields were measured in each of the five following years. Pricklypear removal did not increase blue-grama yield, but did make more forage available to the cattle. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3896360
Additional Information
Bement, R. E. (1968). Plains pricklypear: Relation to grazing intensity and blue grama yield on central Great Plains. Journal of Range Management, 21(2), 83-86.
IISN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/647829
Journal Volume
21
Journal Number
2
Journal Pages
83-86
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management
Keywords
Central Great Plains
Plains Pricklypear
Opunita polyacantha
relations
Available Herbage
forage availability
removal
Central Plains Experimental Range
grazing intensity
yield
grazing
blue grama
frequency
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