Eurasian steppes [electronic resource] : ecological problems and livelihoods in a changing world / Marinus J.A. Werger, Marja A. van Staalduinen, editors.

Steppes form one of the largest biomes. Drastic changes in steppe ecology, land use and livelihoods came with the emergence, and again with the collapse, of communist states. Excessive ploughing and vast influx of people into the steppe zone led to a strong decline in nomadic pastoralism in the Sovi...

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