Sustainable management of extensively managed savanna rangelands

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-114

  Higgins, Steven I ^a   Kantelhardt, Jochen ^a   Scheiter, Simon ^a   Boerner, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bush encroachment; Disequilibrium theory; Fire; Grass tree interactions; Livestock production; Opportunistic strategies

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 33947370825     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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