The role of local knowledge in state-and-transition model development

Rangelands

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Knapp, Corrine Noel ^a   Fernandez Gimenez, Maria E ^a   Kachergis, Emily ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RANCHING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 78650897207     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-10-00083.1     Document Type: Article

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