Is extensive livestock production compatible with biodiversity and soil conservation?;La ganadería extensiva, ¿es compatible con la conservación de la biodiversidad y de los suelos?

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-271

  Cingolani, Ana M ^a   Noy Meir, Imanuel ^b   Renison, Daniel D ^a   Cabido, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diversity; Erosion; Evolutionary history of grazing; Fauna; Landscape

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; EVOLUTION; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HETEROGENEITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 67650488571     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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