Pastoralism in paramo environments: Practices, forage, and impact on vegetation in the Cordillera of Merida, Venezuela

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-211

  Molinillo, Marcelo ^a   Monasterio, Maximina ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031419557     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673848     Document Type: Article

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