本书对牧场可持续性指标进行了综合描述,涵盖了生态、经济和社会层面。它以全新的视角审视牧场当前和新出现的问题,并为未来的进展提供合作研究。作者提供了一个评估牧场可持续性的框架、可供使用的最佳可用数据,以及一个在各种地理尺度上使用的交互式工具。对牧场了解有限的读者,以及专业的牧场生态学家和土地管理者,将了解当今评估美国牧场生态系统可持续性的最佳工具。
Rangeland Sustainability: Social, Ecological, and Economic Assessments
This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions. It takes a fresh look at the information available on current and emerging issues across rangelands, and presents collaborative research for future progress. Authors offer a framework for evaluating rangeland sustainability, the best available data to use, as well as an interactive tool for use at a variety of geographical scales. Readers with limited knowledge of rangelands, as well as professional rangeland ecologists and land managers, will gain an understanding of the best tools available today to assess sustainability across rangeland ecosystems in the U.S.
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