Resilience of stocking capacity to changing climate in arid to Mediterranean landscapes

Small livestock is an important resource for rural human populations in dry climates. How strongly will climate change affect the capacity of the rangeland? We used hierarchical modelling to scale quantitatively the growth of shrubs and annual plants, the main food of sheep and goats, to the landsca...

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Main Authors: Köchy, Martin, Mathaj, Martin, Jeltsch, Florian, Malkinson, Dan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2008
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-18720
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/1872/