Assessing rangeland drought in South Africa

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-380

  Du Pisani, L G ^a   Fouche H J ^b   Venter, J C ^c  

^a N Cape Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^b ARC RFI   (South Africa)

^c ARC ISCW (IB501)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; RANGELAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032122163     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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