Assessing resource dependency on the rangelands as a measure of climate sensitivity

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1105-1115

  Marshall, N A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Adaptive capacity; Climate change impacts; Climate sensitivity; Primary industry; Social resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; RANGELAND; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BOS;

EID: 80052640154     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2010.509856     Document Type: Article

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