Ecology and utilization of desert shrub rangelands in iraq.
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
D C P Thalen
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[Place of publication not identified]
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Springer
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2013
CONTENTS NOTE
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One Introduction.- I. Introduction.- II. Literature review.- III. Research approach.- Two Ecology.- IV. Environmental setting.- V. Range cover types.- VI. Ecology of three key species.- Three Utilization.- VII. Grazing.- VIII. Fuel, the effect of cutting.- IX. Cultivation, the effect of ploughing.- X. Exclosures, the effect of protection.- XI. Combined effects, the overall picture.- Four Management.- XII. Economic justification.- XIII. Evaluation, survey and measurement.- XIV. Past, present and future.- Summary.- Samenvatting.- References.- Indexes.