Range Ecology, Global Livestock Influences

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 330-344

  Kauffman, J Boone ^a   Pyke, David A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystems Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Crops; Degradation; Livestock; Range ecology; Rangelands; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042834065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00052-6     Document Type: Chapter

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