Defining drought in marginal areas: The role of perception

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-202

  Dagel, Kenneth C ^a  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Drought; Marginal enviornments; Perception; Ranching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343478876     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00069     Document Type: Article

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