A site-based approach to delivering rangeland ecosystem services

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Brown, Joel ^a   MacLeod, Neil ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological site descriptions; environmental markets; state and transition models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959556981     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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