Rangeland Conservation and Shrub Encroachment: New Perspectives on an Old Problem

Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 53-97

  Archer, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycle changes and land surface atmosphere interactions; Conservation biology; Forage production and livestock safety and WP effects; Integrated brush management systems (IBMS); Rangeland conservation and shrub encroachment; Terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP); Woody plant (WP) encroachment on rangelands; WP dominance influencing biogeochemical cycles; WP proliferation and managing rangelands; WPs effects and stream flow and groundwater recharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948954011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317091.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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