Grazing systems, ecosystem responses, and global change

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 29, Issue , 2004, Pages 261-299

  Asner, Gregory P ^a,b   Elmore, Andrew J ^a   Olander, Lydia P ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Harris, Thomas ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deforestation; Desertification; Land use change; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; GRAZING SYSTEMS; LAND USE CHANGE; WOODY ENCROACHMENT;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROLOGY;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE;

EID: 10444249723     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102142     Document Type: Review

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