Making country good: Stewardship and environmental change in central Australian pastoral culture

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-277

  Gill, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Domestication; Pastoralism; Ranching; Rangelands; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDHOLDING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PASTORALISM; RANCHING; RANGELAND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84896125790     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12025     Document Type: Article

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