Procedures for estimation of the livestock ecological footprint of US drylands

Robert A. Washington-Allen; John Mitchell

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Procedures for estimation of the livestock ecological footprint of US drylands

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Authors:

Robert A. Washington-Allen, John Mitchell

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Multifunctional grasslands in a changing world, Volume I; XXI International Grassland Congress; VIII International Rangeland Congress. Beijing, China: Guangdong People's Publishing House: 594.

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Abstract

The ecological condition and trend of the United States' 3,902,000 of Drylands and the extent to which human management actions contribute to degradation are unknown at the national spatial scale. (Washington-Allen et al. 2006). Our research seeks to develop procedures for determining the impact or ecological footprint of livestock grazing on the productive capacity of Drylands at the national spatial scale.

Keywords

US drylands, livestock ecological footprint

Citation

Washington-Allen, Robert A.; Mitchell, John E. 2008. Procedures for estimation of the livestock ecological footprint of US drylands. In: Multifunctional grasslands in a changing world, Volume I; XXI International Grassland Congress; VIII International Rangeland Congress. Beijing, China: Guangdong People''s Publishing House: 594.