Site-specific properties and irreversible vegetation changes in semi-arid grazing systems

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-252

  Rietkerk, Max ^a   Van Den Bosch, Frank ^a   Van De Koppel, Johan ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING SYSTEM; HERBIVORY; MODELLING; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION CHANGE;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0030845710     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546592     Document Type: Article

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