Sustainability of transhumance grazing systems under socio-economic threats in Langtang, Nepal

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1023-1034

  Aryal, Suman ^a   Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^a   Cockfield, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chauri; Drivers; Langtang; Nepal; Transhumance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904216992     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2684-7     Document Type: Article

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