Screen LibraryRangeland Systems : Processes, Management and Challenges /
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 summar...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Series on Environmental Management,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46709-2 |
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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 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XV, 661 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319467092 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Index Number: | GE300 |
| CLC: | X196 |
| Contents: | 1. Conceptual development toward a rangeland systems framework -- Part: 1 Processes -- 2. Woody plant encroachment -- 3. Ecohydrology: processes and implications for rangelands -- 4. Soil and belowground processes -- 5. Structural heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management -- 6. Non-equilibrium ecology and resilience theory -- 7. Ecological consequences of climate change on rangelands -- Part: 2 Management -- 8. Rangelands as social-ecological systems -- 9. State and transition models: theory, applications, and challenges -- 10. Livestock production systems -- 11. Adaptive managemen |