Predicting the distribution of livestock grazing pressure in rangelands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Pringle, Hugh J R ^a,c   Landsberg, Jill ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Grazing gradients; Monitoring; Track density; Watering points

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANGELAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LASTHENIA;

EID: 1542380496     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01363.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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