The Savory method can not green deserts or reverse climate change: A response to the Allan Savory TED video

Rangelands

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 72-74

  Briske, David D ^a   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^b   Brown, Joel R ^c   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^d   Polley, H Wayne ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RANGELAND; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LONG BEACH [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885975869     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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