Impacts of grazing and rainfall variability on the dynamics of a Sahelian rangeland revisited (Hein, 2006)-new insights from old data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-164

  Retzer, Vroni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Enclosure experiment; Grazing; Livestock; Non equilibrium theory; Rain use efficiency; Rangeland; Sahel; Semi arid ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DROUGHT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT; RAINFALL; RANGELAND;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646563156     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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