Increasing flexibility in rangeland management during drought

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kachergis, Emily ^a,d   Derner, Justin D ^a   Cutts, Bethany B ^b   Roche, Leslie M ^c   Eviner, Valerie T ^c   Lubell, Mark N ^c   Tate, Kenneth W ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Agricultural policy; Climate variability; Ecosystem services; Fragmentation; Livestock production; Mixed grass prairie; Ranchers; Resilience; Sagebrush steppe; Wyoming, USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905277984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00402.1     Document Type: Article

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