Herding strategies during a drought vary at multiple scales in Mongolian rangeland

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-91

  Kakinuma, Kaoru ^a   Okayasu, Tomoo ^b   Jamsran, Undarmaa ^c   Okuro, Toshiya ^b   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Drought; Key resource; Local knowledge; Non equilibrium model; Pastoralism; Rangeland management; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; RESOURCE SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84902603175     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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