Simulated long-term vegetation response to alternative stocking strategies in savanna rangelands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-96

  Weber, Gerhard E ^a   Moloney, Kirk ^b   Jeltsch, Florian ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grazing heterogeneity; Grazing management; Livestock grazing; Rangeland management; Semiarid rangeland; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; LIVESTOCK; SAVANNA; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034493672     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026570218977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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