Viewpoint: The need for qualitative research to understand ranch management

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668-674

  Sayre, Nathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use change; Mental models; Qualitative research methods; Ranch management; Ranchers; Social processes; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANCHING; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 15944412853     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2004)057[0668:vtnfqr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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