ICARDA's rangeland ecology and management research strategy for nontropical dry areas

Rangelands

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Louhaichi, Mounir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ARID REGION; DIGITAL IMAGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RANGELAND; RESEARCH WORK;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052073727     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X-33.4.64     Document Type: Article

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