Monitoring to detect change on rangelands: Physical, social and economic/policy drivers

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Brown, J R ^a   Havstad, K M ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Environmental; Long term monitoring; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444261461     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110409485842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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