Assessment of the rangelands of southwestern Santiago del Estero, Argentina, for grazing management and research

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-265

  Kunst, Carlos ^a   Monti, Eliseo ^a   Pérez, Héctor ^a   Godoy, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaco region; Range management; Range site

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CATCHMENTS; ESTERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

ARGENTINA; CHACO REGIONS; CONDITION; ECOSYSTEM UNITS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITIES; RANGE MANAGEMENTS; RANGE SITE; SAMPLING UNITS; STOCKING RATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; STOCKING DENSITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE ECOLOGY; FORAGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAVANNA; TREE; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA]; SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745226481     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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