Livestock impact on dynamic and structure of tropical dry forest of the Sierra de Manantlán, Mexico

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 266-270

  Montero Solís, Flor María ^a   Sánchez Velásquez, Lázaro Rafael ^b   Pineda López, María Del Rosario ^b   Martínez Rivera, Luis Manuel ^c   Moermond, Timothy ^d   Aguirre, Juan Corral ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Biotecnología Y Ecología Aplicada Dirección General de Investigaciones Campus para la Cultura Las Artes Y El Deporte   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Livestock; Mexico; Population dynamics; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845380345     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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