Sustaining Working Rangelands: Insights from Rancher Decision Making

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 383-389

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^d BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural policy; biodiversity; coupled human and natural systems; ecosystem services; sustainability science; working landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORAGE; PERCEPTION; RANCHING; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941559056     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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