Livestock Type is More Crucial Than Grazing Intensity: Traditional Cattle and Sheep Grazing in Short‐Grass Steppes

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  2018

• Venue

  Land Degradation & Development

• Publication date

  2018-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ldr.2514
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