Rangeland systems : processes, management and challenges
"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 i...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer Open,
[2017]
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| Series | Springer series on environmental management,
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319467092 9783319467078 |
| ISSN | 0172-6161 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xv, 661 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Rangeland systems: foundation for a conceptual framework / David D. Briske
- Section I: Processes. Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences / Steven R. Archer, Erik M. Andersen, Katharine I. Predick, Susanne Schwinning, Robert J. Steidl, Steven R. Woods
- Ecohydrology: processes and implications for rangelands / Bradford P. Wilcox, David Le Maitre, Esteban Jobbagy, Lixin Wang, David D. Breshears
- Soil and belowground processes / R. Dave Evans, Richard A. Gill, Valerie T. Eviner, Vanessa Bailey
- Heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management / Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Richard W.S. Fynn, Devan Allen McGranahan, Dirac Twidwell
- Nonequilibrium ecology and resilience theory / David D. Briske, Andrew W. Illius, and J. Marty Anderies
- Ecological consequences of climate change on rangelands / H. Wayne Polley, Derek W. Bailey, Robert S. Nowak, Mark Stafford-Smith
- Section II: Mangement. Rangelands as social-ecological systems / Tracy Hruska, Lynn Huntsinger, Mark Brunson, Wenjun Li, Nadine Marshall, José L. Oviedo [and others]
- State and transition models: theory, applications, and challenges / Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Andrew Ash, Joel R. Brown, Bulgamaa Densambuu, María Fernández-Giménez, Jamin Johanson [and others]
- Livestock production systems / Justin D. Derner, Leigh Hunt, Kepler Euclides Filho, John Ritten, Judith Capper, Guodong Han
- Adaptive management of rangeland systems / Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Joseph J. Fontaine, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Noelle M. Hart, Kevin L. Pope [and others]
- Managing the livestock-wildlife interface on rangelands / Johan T. du Toit, Paul C. Cross, and Marion Valeix
- Section III: Challenges. Invasive plant species and novel rangeland systems / Joseph M. DiTomaso, Thomas A. Monaco, Jeremy J. James, Jennifer Firn
- Rangeland ecosystem services: nature's supply and humans' demand / Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura Yahdjian, Kris Havstad, Martín R. Aguiar
- Managing climate change risks in rangeland systems / Linda A. Joyce and Nadine A. Marshall
- Monitoring protocols: options, approaches, implementation, benefits / Jason W. Karl, Jeffrey E. Herrick, and David A. Pyke
- Rangeland systems in developing nations: conceptual advances and societal implications / D. Layne Coppock, María Fernández-Giménez, Pierre Hiernaux, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Catherine Schloeder, Corinne Valdivia [and others].