Rangeland 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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham
Springer Nature
2017
Cham : 2017. |
| Edición: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Colección: | Springer Series on Environmental Management,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439852906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 management of rangeland systems
- 12. Managing the livestock-wildlife interface on rangelands
- Part: 3 Challenges
- 13. Invasive plant species and novel rangeland systems
- 14. Rangeland ecosystem services: nature´s supply and humans´ demand
- 15. Managing climate change risks in rangeland systems
- 16. Monitoring protocols: options, approaches, implementation, benefits
- 17. Rangeland systems in developing nations: conceptual advances and societal implications.
