Future Directions for Usable Rangeland Science: From Plant Communities to Landscapes

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Joel R. Brown

Abstract


• The profession of rangeland ecology and management has been built, to a large extent, on vegetation ecology.
• Community ecology has been the source of advances in scientific understanding of rangeland behavior and improving management.
• An increased use of the principles of landscape and regional ecology could greatly improve the utility of rangeland science for researchers and managers.

Keywords: usable science, vegetation, research priorities.


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