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Title: Stability Properties Of Semiarid Savannas In Southern African Game Reserves.

Authors: Walker, B. H.

Citation: Walker, B. H. 1981. Stability Properties Of Semiarid Savannas In Southern African Game Reserves. In: Problems In Management Of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals. Editors: P. A. Jewell, S. Holt, and D. Hart, 57-67. Academic Press Inc.

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Keywords: rangelands, land degradation, grazing, agriculture, fire, arid, monitoring, grasslands, savanna, shrubs, management, succession, semiarid, woodlands, livestock, modeling, South Africa, Kruger National park, wildebeest, elephants, lions

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