Pastoral ecosystems and the issue of scale

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-117

  Sørbø, Gunnar M ^a  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037363327     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.2.113     Document Type: Article

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31. First submitted 30 Oct. 2001. Accepted for publication after revision 12 March 2002.