Desert Transformation or D‌esertification Control?

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Victor R. Squires ¹ ( Dryland Consultant, Adelaide, Australia )

Received: 2010-09-07 Accepted : 2010-10-25 Published : 2010-10-25

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