Constraints to pastoral systems in marginal environments

Pastoral Systems in Marginal Environments: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 17-28

  Ash, A J ^a   McIvor, J G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Pastoralism; Policy; Socio economic systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955917033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-557-4     Document Type: Chapter

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