Catastrophic vegetation shifts and soil degradation in terretrial grazing systems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 352-356

  Van De Koppel, Johan ^a   Rietkerk, Max ^c   Weissing, Franz J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING SYSTEM; HERBIVORY; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION CHANGE;

EID: 0031285083     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01133-6     Document Type: Review

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