Rangeland systems : processes, management and challenges /: processes, management and challenges. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David D. Briske, editor.
• Editors: Briske, David D
• 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].
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 661 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 577.4; Range ecology; Range management; Rangelands -- Monitoring; Range policy; Environmental economics; Range ecology; Range management; Range policy; Rangelands -- Monitoring; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319467092; 3319467093
• Related ISBNs: 9783319467078; 3319467077
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from electronic title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 9, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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