Range management in the chaparral type and its ecological basis: The status of our knowledge

Dwight R. Cable

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Range management in the chaparral type and its ecological basis: The status of our knowledge

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dwight R. Cable

Year:

1975

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. RM-RP-155. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 30 p.

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Abstract

Chaparral in Arizona is used far below its potential. Conversions to grass can greatly increase water and grass production, and improve wildlife habitat. Management options include conversion to grass, maintaining shrubs in a sprout stage, changing shrub composition, reseeding, and using goats to harvest shrub forage.

Keywords

chaparral, range management

Citation

Cable, Dwight R. 1975. Range management in the chaparral type and its ecological basis: The status of our knowledge. Res. Pap. RM-RP-155. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 30 p.