The steppes of Middle Asia: Post-1991 agricultural and rangeland adjustment

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-239

  Gintzburger, G ^a   Le Houerou H N ^b   Toderich, K N ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b International Consultant: Ecology Management and Development of Arid Lands   (France)

^c S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Desert; Desertification; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mediterranean climate; Range rehabilitation; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; RANGELAND; STEPPE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

ARIDA; BOVIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 21944448861     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980590951360     Document Type: Review

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