This review covers two major causes of change in pastoral systems. First is fragmentation,
the dissection of a natural system into spatially isolated parts, which is caused by a number …

Pastoralist societies face more threats to their way of life now than at any previous time.
Population growth; loss of herding lands to private farms, ranches, game parks, and urban …

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

1.5 History and origins of pastoralism 17 1.6 Sources of information on pastoralism 18 1.7
The discourse of pastoralism 20 2. GRAZING AND NUTRITION 21 2.1 Rangelands …

El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in
advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate …

This study examines the ways in which the adaptive capacity of households to climatic
events varies within communities and is mediated by institutional and landscape changes …

O próprio autor teve a chance de descobrir a urgência de uma abordagem mais ampla
quando pesquisava entre 1964 e 1974; nesse período, percebeu a falta de uma …

This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human
evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these …

This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing
Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology …

El objetivo del trabajo es contribuir al conocimiento de la arquitectura del pastoreo en los
Andes. El foco regional del estudio es Huancar en el Departamento Susques (Jujuy …