Quantifying production-environment tradeoffs for grazing land management - A case example from the Australian rangelands

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-497

  MacLeod, N D ^a   McIvor, J G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Environment; Grazing; Rangelands; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RANGELAND; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 40749138186     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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