Vulnerability of worldwide pastoralism to global changes and interdisciplinary strategies for sustainable pastoralism

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Dong, Shikui ^a,b   Wen, Lu ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Zhang, Xiangfeng ^a   Lassoie, James P ^b   Yi, Shaoliang ^c   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Li, Jinpeng ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Adaptation management; Global change; Pastoral systems; Resilience enhancement; Vulnerability mitigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PASTORALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79960023071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04093-160210     Document Type: Article

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