Estimation of grazing intensity along grazing gradients - the bias of nonlinearity

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1351-1354

  Manthey, Michael ^a   Peper, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological threshold; Grazing hotspot; Piosphere; Rangeland; State and transition model; Trampling

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGELAND; SALINITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAMPLING; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 77955175779     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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