Upland vegetation management: The impacts of overstocking

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Sansom, A L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Grazing; Overgrazing; Run off; Sheep; Uplands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; FLOODS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DESERTIFICATION; OVERGRAZING; UPLAND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

EROSION;

RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; SHEEP; STOCKING DENSITY; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MANAGEMENT; RIVER; SHEEP; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032798137     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00322-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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