A simulation-based analysis of productivity and soil carbon in response to time-controlled rotational grazing in the West African Sahel region

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-96

  Badini, Oumarou ^a   Stöckle, Claudio O ^a   Jones, Jim W ^b   Nelson, Roger ^a   Kodio, Amadou ^c   Keita, Moussa ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Paddocks; Pastures; Productivity; Rotation; Simulation modeling; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MODELING; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847216952     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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