Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems Contributor(s): Du Toit, Johan T. (Editor), Kock, Richard (Editor), Deutsch, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1405177853 ISBN-13: 9781405177856 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $104.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Science | Life Sciences - General |
Dewey: 636.084 |
LCCN: 2009038740 |
Series: Conservation Science and Practice |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 448 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 and students of rangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity of perspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands?
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