Multifunctional rangeland in Southern Africa: Managing for production, conservation, and resilience with fire and grazing

Land

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-193

  McGranahan, Devan Allen ^a   Kirkman, Kevin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fire grazing interaction; Patch burn grazing; Pyric herbivory in Africa; Sustainable development; Veld management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004068275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land2020176     Document Type: Article

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