Estimating the effects of land degradation and rainfall variation on productivity in rangelands: An approach using remote sensing and models of grazing and herbage dynamics

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 819-832

  Pickup, G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

grazing; herbage production; modelling; non equilibrium rangelands; semi arid zone

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HERBAGE PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030304907     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404952     Document Type: Article

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