Pastoralism in tropical rangelands: Seizing the opportunity to change

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Ash, Andrew ^a   Smith, Mark Stafford ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Intensification; Pastorialism; Tropical rangelands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1442265029     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ03010     Document Type: Article

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