Rediscovering traditional vegetation management in preserves: Trading experiences between cultures and continents

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-279

  Middleton, Beth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle bison grazing; Farm abandonment; Fire management; Land use change; Landscape biodiversity; Natural disturbance; Protected area management

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATTLE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNGULATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BISON; UNGULATA;

EID: 84870320856     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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