Planning to prevent or reverse desertification. The case of semiarid rangelands of central-east Argentina

DISTEL, R.A.

Rosario

Congreso; IX International Rangeland Congress; 2011

INTA/Asociación Argentina para el Manejo de Pastizales Naturales

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