The changing face of pastoral systems in grass dominated ecosystems of Eastern Africa
All eastern Africa is in the tropics, but its grasslands cover a very wide range of altitudes. Extensive grasslands are mostly in arid and semi -arid zones. The area is subject to droughts and a high degree of pastoral risk. Potential vegetation is largely desert and semi-desert, bush and woodland,...
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1961 |
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