Politics, policy, settlers, and consequences for Canadian Prairie Grasslands: A range management perspective

Rangelands

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Bailey, Arthur ^a   Schellenberg, Michael P ^b   McCartney, Duane ^c   Bailey, Patricia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; LANDOWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL REFORM; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; WHEAT;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; METIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78049481043     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-10-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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