Sahelian rangeland development; A catastrophe?

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 512-519

  Rietkerk, Max ^a   Ketner, Pieter ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

catastrophe theory; discontinuous processes; Sahelian rangelands; vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; CUSP CATASTROPHE THEORY; MODELLING; RANGELAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0029659396     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002292     Document Type: Article

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