Testing a non-equilibrium model of rangeland vegetation dynamics in Mongolia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 871-885

  Fernandez Gimenez, Maria E ^a   Allen Diaz, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing gradients; Range condition; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRAZING PRESSURE; RANGELAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0033385769     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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