Pasture conversion, private ranchers, and the invasive exotic buffelgrass (pennisetum ciliare) in Mexico's Sonoran Desert

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-106

  Brenner, Jacob C ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle ranching; Invasive exotic species; Land use change; Rangelands; Sonoran desert

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; RANCHING; RANGELAND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORAN DESERT;

BOS; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

EID: 78751625227     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.518040     Document Type: Article

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