Decertification, no-change or alternative states: Can we trust simple models on livestock impact in dry rangelands?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-268

  Skarpe, C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Herbivory; Kalahari; Land degradation; Large herbivore; Non equilibrium; Overgrazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034485668     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1479005     Document Type: Article

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