Grazers on the plains: Challenges and prospects for large herbivores in Central Asia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 516-519

  Mallon, David P ^a   Zhigang, Jiang ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HUNTING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RANGELAND; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEPPE;

EID: 65349157073     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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