Managing private, commercial rangelands for agricultural production and wildlife diversity in Namibia and Zambia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1965-1977

  McGranahan, Devan Allen ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush encroachment; Game farming; Game ranching; Namibia; Sustainable grazing; Veld ecology; Veld management; Wildlife production; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE CONSERVATION; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VELD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 46649108344     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9339-y     Document Type: Article

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