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UNINA9910819075703321 |
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Titolo |
Global rangelands : progress and prospects / / edited by A.C. Grice and K.C. Hodgkinson |
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Wallingford, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub. in association with Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-82916-8 |
9786610829163 |
0-85199-753-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GriceA. C (Anthony C.) |
HodgkinsonK. C (Ken C.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rangelands |
Range management |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Papers from the 6th International Rangeland Congress, held in Townsville, Australia, July 17, 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Challenges for Rangeland People; 2 Future Shocks to People and Rangelands; 3 Indigenous People in Rangelands; 4 Rangelands: People, Perceptions and Perspectives; 5 Desertification and Soil Processes in Rangelands; 6 Understanding and Managing Rangeland Plant Communities; 7 Range Management and Plant Functional Types; 8 People and Plant Invasions of the Rangelands; 9 People and Rangeland Biodiversity; 10 Managing Grazing; 11 Rehabilitation of Mined Surfaces; 12 Accounting for Rangeland Resources |
13 Building on History, Sending Agents into the Future - Rangeland Modelling, Retrospect and Prospect14 Integrating Management of Land and Water Resources: the Social, Economic and Environmental Consequences of Tree Management in Rangelands; 15 Land and Water Management: Lessons from a Project on Desertification in the Middle East; 16 International Perspectives on the Rangelands; 17 Policies, Planning and Institutions for Sustainable Resource Use: a Participatory Approach; 18 Economics and Ecology: Working Together for Better Policy; 19 Building the Future: Practical Challenges; 20 Rangeland |
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