Responses of pastoralists to land fragmentation: Social capital, connectivity and resilience

Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes: Consequences for Human and Natural Systems

Volumn 9781402049064, Issue , 2008, Pages 369-389

  Galvin, Kathleen A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4906-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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