Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges

Du Toit, Johan; Paul C. Cross; Marion Valeix

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Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges

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Du Toit, Johan, Paul C. Cross, Marion Valeix·2017·Springer Series on Environmental Management

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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.

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Evaluating Collaborative Natural ResourceManagement
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Aligning Key Concepts for Global Change Policy: Robustness, Resilience, and Sustainability
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GRAZING EFFECTS ON RANGELAND DIVERSITY: A SYNTHESIS OF CONTEMPORARY MODELS
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Climate Change, Rangelands, and Sustainability of Ranching in the Western United States
Holechek, J. L., Geli, H. M. E., Cibils, A. F., & Sawalhah, M. N. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12124942 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Landscape sustainability science in the drylands: mobility, rangelands and livelihoods
Liao, C., Agrawal, A., Clark, P. E., Levin, S. A., & Rubenstein, D. I. (2020) · Landscape Ecology · doi:10.1007/s10980-020-01068-8 · Cited by 76 · see citing works
“Livelihood and vegetation dynamics in drylands are strongly coupled because resource-use patterns of pastoralists have substantial implications for rangeland vegetation, and changes in vegetation in turn shape pastoralist livelihoods (Reid 2012; Briske 2017).”
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Carrying Capacity of Spatially Distributed Metapopulations
Zhang, B., Deangelis, D. L., & Ni, W. (2020) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.007 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
“For example, this theory could help to provide guidance on how to increase wood production under different fertilization treatments in natural resource management [60]; how to support larger wildlife populations by altering food distribution and dispersal patterns [61]; how”
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Changes in the Cerrado vegetation structure: insights from more than three decades of ecological succession
Gonçalves, R. V. S., Cardoso, J. C. F., Oliveira, P. E., et al. (2021) · Web Ecology · doi:10.5194/we-21-55-2021 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
“Post-fire regeneration of dense vegetation without periodic fires for a long time may cause rapid regeneration into even denser formations, without taking the community to previous successional stages (Briske, 2017).”
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The Potential of Bison Restoration as an Ecological Approach to Future Tribal Food Sovereignty on the Northern Great Plains
Shamon, H., Cosby, O. G., Andersen, C. L., Augare, H., BearCub Stiffarm, J., Bresnan, C. E., Brock, B. L., Carlson, E., Deichmann, J. L., Epps, A., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.826282 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
“…to address tribal needs for funding, enhanced community capacity (e.g., training of staﬀ, food distribution frameworks), solving complex landownership interactions (cross boundaries management, sensu lato ; Pejchar et al., 2021), and developing a well-deﬁned adaptive management plan (Briske, 2017).”
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A systematic review on the use of remote sensing technologies in quantifying grasslands ecosystem services
Masenyama, A., Mutanga, O., Dube, T. J., Bangira, T., Sibanda, M., & Mabhaudhi, T. (2022) · GIScience & Remote Sensing · doi:10.1080/15481603.2022.2088652 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Bush encroachment dynamics and rangeland management implications in southern Ethiopia
Liao, C., Clark, P. E., & DeGloria, S. D. (2018) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.4621 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Estimating Rangeland Forage Production Using Remote Sensing Data from a Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) and PlanetScope Satellite
Han, L., Dahlgren, R. A., Larsen, R. E., et al. (2019) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs11050595 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle − Based Rangeland Monitoring: Examining a Century of Vegetation Changes
Sankey, T. T., Leonard, J. M., & Moore, M. M. (2019) · Rangeland Ecology & Management · doi:10.1016/j.rama.2019.04.002 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Woody plant encroachment enhances soil infiltrability of a semiarid karst savanna
Leite, P. A. M., Wilcox, B. P., & McInnes, K. J. (2020) · Environmental Research Communications · doi:10.1088/2515-7620/abc92f · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Climate rather than overgrazing explains most rangeland primary productivity change in Mongolia
Purevjav, A.-O., Avirmed, T., Wilcox, S. W., & Barrett, C. B. (2025) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.adn0005 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Estimating and Monitoring Land Surface Phenology in Rangelands: A Review of Progress and Challenges
Matongera, T. N., Mutanga, O., Sibanda, M., et al. (2021) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs13112060 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Opportunities to integrate herders’ indicators into formal rangeland monitoring: an example from Mongolia
Jamsranjav, C., Fernández-Giménez, M., Reid, R., & Adya, B. (2019) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1002/eap.1899 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
Land Cover Trends in South Texas (1987–2050): Potential Implications for Wild Felids
Lombardi, J. V., Perotto‐Baldivieso, H. L., & Tewes, M. E. (2020) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs12040659 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Understanding spatial variability of forage production in California grasslands: delineating climate, topography and soil controls
Han, L., Yufang Jin, A., Roche, L. M., O’Geen, A. T., & Dahlgren, R. A. (2020) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc64d · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM): Management and Socioenvironmental Impacts in the Northern Amazon of Ecuador
Mestanza-Ramón, C., Mora-Silva, D., D’Orio, G., et al. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14116854 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Spatial patterns of long‐term vegetation greening and browning are consistent across multiple scales: Implications for monitoring land degradation
Murthy, K., & Bagchi, S. (2018) · Land Degradation and Development · doi:10.1002/ldr.3019 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
“fused patterns, there is a risk of mismatch in the spatial configuration of the problem and its purported solution (Bestelmeyer, Goolsby, & Archer, 2011; Briske, 2017; Cumming et al., 2006).”
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What drives private landowner decisions? Exploring non-native grass management in the eastern Great Plains
Coon, J. J., van Riper, C. J., Morton, L. W., & Miller, J. R. (2020) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111355 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
The landscape of North American Rangeland Social Science: A Systematic Map
Bruno, J. E., Jamsranjav, C., Jablonski, K. E., Dosamantes, E. G., Wilmer, H., & Fernández‐Giménez, M. E. (2019) · Rangeland Ecology & Management · doi:10.1016/j.rama.2019.10.005 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Large mammalian herbivores modulate plant growth form diversity in a tropical rainforest
Souza, Y., Villar, N., Zipparro, V. B., et al. (2022) · Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13846 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“This is alarming since this process has many unwanted outcomes on, for example, soil composition, soil structure and climate regulation (Briske, 2017; Staal et al., 2020).”
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Application of grazing land models in ecosystem management: Current status and next frontiers
Ma, L., Derner, J., Harmel, R. D., Tatarko, J., Moore, A. D., Rotz, C. A., Augustine, D. J., Boone, R. B., Coughenour, M. B., Beukes, P. C., et al. (2019) · Advances in agronomy · doi:10.1016/bs.agron.2019.07.003 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands
Briske, D. D., Archer, S. R., Burchfield, E., et al. (2023) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-023-01194-6 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Livestock Management for the Delivery of Ecosystem Services in Fire-Prone Shrublands of Atlantic Iberia
Celaya, R., Ferreira, L. M. M., Lorenzo, J. M., et al. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14052775 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Drought-induced regime shift and resilience of a Sahelian ecohydrosystem
Wendling, V., Peugeot, C., Mayor, Á. G., Hiernaux, P., Mougin, É., Grippa, M., Kergoat, L., Walcker, R., Galle, S., & Lebel, T. (2019) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab3dde · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Risk-Overgrazing Relationship Model: An Empirical Analysis of Grassland Farms in Northern China
Jimoh, S. O., Feng, X., Li, P., et al. (2020) · Rangeland Ecology & Management · doi:10.1016/j.rama.2020.03.006 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands
Wilmer, H., Porensky, L. M., Fernández‐Giménez, M. E., et al. (2019) · Social Sciences · doi:10.3390/socsci8010022 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
Transitioning towards human–large carnivore coexistence in extensive grazing systems
Boronyak, L., Jacobs, B., & Wallach, A. D. (2020) · Ambio · doi:10.1007/s13280-020-01340-w · Cited by 25 · see citing works
“variety of ecological systems including drylands, grasslands, savannah and shrublands (Davies et al. 2015; Briske 2017).”
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Big landscapes meet big data: Informing grazing management in a variable and changing world
Hudson, T. D., Reeves, M. C., Hall, S. A., et al. (2020) · Rangelands · doi:10.1016/j.rala.2020.10.006 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Identification of the Optimal Season and Spectral Regions for Shrub Cover Estimation in Grasslands
Soubry, I., & Guo, X. (2021) · Sensors · doi:10.3390/s21093098 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Seasonality of mean flows as a potential tool for the assessment of ecological processes: Mountain rivers, Polish Carpathians
Radecki‐Pawlik, A., Wałęga, A., Młyński, D. P., et al. (2020) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136988 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Prediction of Plant Diversity Using Multi-Seasonal Remotely Sensed and Geodiversity Data in a Mountainous Area
Rahmanian, S., Nasiri, V., Amindin, A., et al. (2023) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs15020387 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Effects of shrub encroachment on vertical changes in soil organic carbon in Mongolian grasslands: using a multi-biomarker approach
Zhou, L., Li, H., Shen, H., Xu, Y., Wang, Y., Xing, A., Zhu, Y., Zhou, S., & Fang, J. (2018) · Plant and Soil · doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3761-z · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Livestock browsing affects the species composition and structure of cloud forest in the Dhofar Mountains of Oman
Ball, L., & Tzanopoulos, J. (2020) · Applied Vegetation Science · doi:10.1111/avsc.12493 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Mangrove Encroachment Alters Decomposition Rate in Saltmarsh Through Changes in Litter Quality
Simpson, L. T., Cherry, J. A., Smith, R. S., et al. (2020) · Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s10021-020-00554-z · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Research Progress of Grassland Ecosystem Structure and Stability and Inspiration for Improving Its Service Capacity in the Karst Desertification Control
He, S., Xiong, K., Song, S., Chi, Y., Fang, J., & He, C. (2023) · Plants · doi:10.3390/plants12040770 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Native, exotic, and livestock prey: assessment of puma Puma concolor diet in South American temperate region
Guerisoli, M. D. L. M., Gallo, O., Martinez, S. P.-F., et al. (2021) · Mammal Research · doi:10.1007/s13364-020-00549-0 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Climatic and non-climatic vegetation cover changes in the rangelands of Africa
D’Adamo, F., Ogutu, B., Brandt, M., Schurgers, G., & Dash, J. (2021) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103516 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation in Kenya: Future Projections and Implications for Protected Areas
Parracciani, C., Buitenwerf, R., & Svenning, J. (2023) · Land · doi:10.3390/land12112052 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
A Transdisciplinary Approach to Identifying Transboundary Tipping Points in a Contentious Area: Experiences from across the Jordan River Region
López, J. M. R., Tielbörger, K., Claus, C., Fröhlich, C., Gramberger, M., & Scheffran, J. (2019) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su11041184 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Resistance of the soil microbial community to land-surface disturbances of high-intensity winter grazing and wildfire
Comer, J. A., & Perkins, L. B. (2020) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111596 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Warming Promotes Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles in Global Grassland
Zheng, M., Cui, J., Cheng, L., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Lam, S. K., & Gu, B. (2025) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c04794 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
When savannas recover from overgrazing, ecohydrological connectivity collapses
Basant, S., Wilcox, B. P., Leite, P. A. M., et al. (2020) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab71a1 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Thermal biology and growth of bison (Bison bison) along the Great Plains: examining four theories of endotherm body size
Martin, J. M., & Barboza, P. S. (2020) · Ecosphere · doi:10.1002/ecs2.3176 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Establishment of Quercus marilandica Muenchh. and Juniperus virginiana L. in the Tallgrass Prairie of Oklahoma, USA Increases Litter Inputs and Soil Organic Carbon
Biral, V. C. N., Will, R. E., & Zou, C. B. (2019) · Forests · doi:10.3390/f10040329 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Toward an urgent yet deliberate conservation strategy: sustaining social-ecological systems in rangelands of the Northern Great Plains, Montana
Epstein, K., Wood, D. J. A., Roemer, K. F., Currey, B., Duff, H., Gay, J. D., Goemann, H., Loewen, S., Milligan, M. C., Wendt, J. A. F., et al. (2021) · Ecology and Society · doi:10.5751/es-12141-260110 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“However, deliberate action is also resource- and time-intensive and can be challenged by issues inherent to SESs such as mismatched scales of governance and conflicting management trade-offs (Cumming et al. 2006, Cavender-Bares et al. 2015, DeFries and Nagendra 2017, Hruska et al. 2017).”
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Qualitative Modeling for Bridging Expert-Knowledge and Social-Ecological Dynamics of an East African Savanna
Cosme, M., Hély, C., Pommereau, F., Pasquariello, P., Tiberi, C., Treydte, A. C., & Gaucherel, C. (2021) · Land · doi:10.3390/land11010042 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Mowing Increases Root-to-Shoot Ratio but Decreases Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Microbial Biomass C in a Semiarid Grassland of North China
Li, L., Liu, H., & Baoyin, T. (2022) · Agriculture · doi:10.3390/agriculture12091324 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
An Assessment of Multiple Drivers Determining Woody Species Composition and Structure: A Case Study from the Kalahari, Botswana
Meyer, T., Holloway, P., Christiansen, T. B., Miller, J. A., D’Odorico, P., & Okin, G. S. (2019) · Land · doi:10.3390/land8080122 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Groundwater–Vegetation Interactions in Rangeland Ecosystems: A Review
Rapiya, M., & Ramoelo, A. (2025) · Water · doi:10.3390/w17081174 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Breeding of the Crested Wheatgrass Complex (Agropyron spp.) for North American Temperate Rangeland Agriculture and Conservation
Robins, J. G., & Jensen, K. B. (2020) · Agronomy · doi:10.3390/agronomy10081134 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Understory Vegetation Change Following Woodland Reduction Varies by Plant Community Type and Seeding Status: A Region-Wide Assessment of Ecological Benefits and Risks
Monaco, T., & Gunnell, K. L. (2020) · Plants · doi:10.3390/plants9091113 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Local-Scale Variation in Land Use Practice Supports a Diverse Carnivore Guild on Namibian Multiple-Use Rangeland
Verschueren, S., Briers‐Louw, W. D., Monterroso, P., & Marker, L. L. (2021) · Rangeland Ecology & Management · doi:10.1016/j.rama.2021.07.007 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
The vegetation cover dynamics and potential drivers of habitat change over 30 years in the Free State National Botanical Garden, South Africa
Vukeya, L. R., Mokotjomela, T. M., Malebo, N. J., et al. (2023) · Regional Environmental Change · doi:10.1007/s10113-022-02024-9 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Land-use and land-cover change in the lowlands of Bale Zone, Ethiopia: its driving factors and impacts of rangeland dynamics in livestock mobility
Legese, B., & Balew, A. (2021) · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · doi:10.1007/s10661-021-09222-8 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“In addition, rapid population growth and urbanization, expansion of crop farming, and sedentarization and land fragmentation cause rangeland degradation as well as affect wildlife habitat and vegetation dynamics (Briske, 2017; Li & Huntsinger, 2011; Reid, 2012; Reid et al., 2004).”
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Land Use Change Assessment and Water Quality of Ephemeral Ponds for Irrigation in the North West Province, South Africa
Asare, F., Palamuleni, L. G., & Ruhiiga, T. M. (2018) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph15061175 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
A Comparison of Two Herbaceous Cover Sampling Methods to Assess Ecosystem Services in High-Shrub Rangelands: Photography-Based Grid Point Intercept (GPI) Versus Quadrat Sampling
Hulvey, K. B., Thomas, K., & Thacker, E. (2018) · Rangelands · doi:10.1016/j.rala.2018.08.004 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Intensive rotational grazing in pastures reduces the early establishment of an invasive tree species
Aranda, M. J., Tognetti, P. M., Mochi, L. S., et al. (2023) · Biological Invasions · doi:10.1007/s10530-023-03096-2 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Long-Term Effectiveness of Tree Removal to Re-Establish Sagebrush Steppe Vegetation and Associated Spatial Patterns in Surface Conditions and Soil Hydrologic Properties
Williams, C. J., Johnson, J. C., Pierson, F. B., Burleson, C. S., Polyakov, V. O., Kormos, P. R., & Nouwakpo, S. K. (2020) · Water · doi:10.3390/w12082213 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Sensitivity and regulation factors of soil organic carbon content in steppe and desert—steppe grasslands of the Mongolian Plateau
Quan, Z., Cheng, Y., Tsubo, M., & Shinoda, M. (2024) · Plant and Soil · doi:10.1007/s11104-024-06867-5 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
The Effects of Different Grazing Periods on the Functional Traits of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev in a Typical Inner Mongolia Steppe
Xu, H., Zhang, J., Baoyin, T., et al. (2024) · Agronomy · doi:10.3390/agronomy14102370 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Livestock management promotes bush encroachment in savanna systems by altering plant–herbivore feedback
Koch, F., Tietjen, B., Tielbörger, K., et al. (2022) · Oikos · doi:10.1111/oik.09462 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Complementary Differences in Primary Production and Phenology among Vegetation Types Increase Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change and Grazing Pressure in an Iconic Mediterranean Ecosystem
Giralt-Rueda, J. M., & Santamarı́a, L. (2021) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs13193920 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Caracterización espacial de la ganadería bovina en la Orinoquia colombiana
Benavides, R. A. M., Zamudio, C. B., Martínez-Arias, A., et al. (2020) · Revista Mvz Córdoba · doi:10.21897/rmvz.1720 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
A Qualitative Exploration of Conflicts in Human-Wildlife Interactions in Namibia’s Kunene Region
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Authors: Du Toit, J., Cross, P. C., & Valeix, M.
ORCID: Paul C. Cross
Marion Valeix
Venue: Springer Series on Environmental Management
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published: 2017
ISSN: 0172-6161 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46709-2
OpenAlex: W3124799434
Cited by: 197
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 7 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI: 15.53
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
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Licence: cc-by-nc
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Locations: Springer series on environmental management (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Agricultural and Rural Development Research
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Keywords: rangeland management, grazing systems

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