Spatial and temporal scaling of grazing impact on the species composition and productivity of Sahelian annual grasslands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-297

  Turner, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid rangelands; Clipping; Grazing; Landscape ecology; Nonequilibrium ecology; Sahel; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GRAZING; RANGELAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0033059623     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0485     Document Type: Article

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