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UNINA9910830120903321 |
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Titolo |
Wild rangelands [[electronic resource] ] : conserving wildlife while maintaining livestock in semi-arid ecosystems / / edited by Johan T. du Toit, Richard Kock and James C. Deutsch |
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Oxford ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-83533-9 |
1-4443-1710-5 |
1-4443-1709-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (450 p.) |
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Collana |
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Conservation science and practice series Wild rangelands |
Conservation science and practice series ; ; no. 6 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Du ToitJohan T |
KockRichard |
DeutschJames C |
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Disciplina |
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333.7416 |
636.08/45 |
636.0845 |
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Soggetti |
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Grassland animals - Conservation |
Range management |
Livestock - Environmental aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Thematic reviews -- pt. 2. Case studies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world's livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from all continents to cover the ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners |
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