Discontinuous change in arid woodland and grassland vegetation along gradients of cattle grazing in central Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-164

  Friedel, M H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Spatial scale; Stratification; Temporal variation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ARID RANGELAND; CATTLE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING INTENSITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031239505     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0260     Document Type: Article

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