Range management systems in arid Namibia - What can livestock numbers tell us?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 387-408

  Burke, Antje ^a  

^a EnviroScience   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Central Namib; Desert; Desertification; Farming system; Namibia; Range management; Savanna

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3242722299     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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