Transitions across thresholds of vegetation states in the grazed rangelands of Western Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-238

  Watson, I W ^a   Novelly, P E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

alternative states; range monitoring; state and transition; vegetation dynamics.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866076299     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11073     Document Type: Article

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