Earth Stewardship of rangelands: Coping with ecological, economic, and political marginality

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 348-354

  Sayre, Nathan F ^a   McAllister, Ryan Rj ^b   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^c   Moritz, Mark ^d   Turner, Matthew D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FRAGMENTATION; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND SURFACE; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; POLITICAL BORDER; RANCHING; RANGELAND;

EID: 84883371493     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120333     Document Type: Review

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