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Title: Rangeland Ecology - Understanding and Managing Change.

Authors: Walker, B. H.

Citation: Walker, B. H. 1993. Rangeland Ecology - Understanding and Managing Change. Ambio 22, no. 2-3: 80-87.

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Keywords: rangelands, thresholds, land degradation, degraded, grazing, agriculture, prescribed burning, fire, arid rangelands, monitoring, grasslands, savanna, shrubs, management, .succession, arid, semiarid, Australia, woodlands, grazing, livestock, models

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