Is rangeland health relevant to Mongolia?

Rangelands

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Damdinsuren, Bolormaa ^a   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^b   Pyke, David A ^c   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^b   Havstad, Kris M ^b  

^a MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURAL RESOURCE; OVERGRAZING; RANGELAND;

ASIA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 65549130404     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2008)30[25:IRHRTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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