Controls of Carrying Capacity: Degradation, Primary Production, and Forage Quality Effects in a Patagonian Steppe

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-275

  Golluscio, Rodolfo A ^a,b   Bottaro, Hugo S ^c   Oesterheld, Martín ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b IFEVA (UBA CONICET)   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Teconología Agropecuaria INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

grazing; harvest index; range management; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEGRADATION; FORAGE; HARVESTING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; STEPPE; STOCKING DENSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

PATAGONIA;

FESTUCA PALLESCENS; OVIS ARIES; POA LIGULARIS;

EID: 84929932997     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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