Categorising farming practices to design sustainable land-use management in mountain areas

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-343

  Girard, N ^a   Duru, M ^a   Hazard, L ^a   Magda, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem management; Grazing; Livestock farming practices; Modelling; Shrub encroachment; Typology

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMING SYSTEM; GRAZING; LAND USE PLANNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RURAL AREA; SHRUB; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TYPOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 44349120681     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2007046     Document Type: Article

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