Livestock responses to droughts and severe winter weather in the Gobi Three Beauty National Park, Mongolia

We investigated how both droughts and dzuds (severe winter weather) control livestock mortality in a non-equilibrium steppe ecosystem of Mongolia, Gobi Three Beauty National Park. These steppe ecosystems have developed under high interannual variability of rainfall and nomadic grazing systems. Inter...

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Published in:	Journal of arid environments Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 785 - 796
Main Authors:	Begzsuren, S., Ellis, J.E., Ojima, D.S., Coughenour, M.B., Chuluun, T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2004
Subjects:	drought Droughts dry environmental conditions Dzuds livestock Livestock mortality Mongolia mortality precipitation weather winter winter hardiness Mongolia Droughts Dzuds Livestock mortality
ISSN:	0140-1963, 1095-922X
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