Dzuds, droughts, and livestock mortality in Mongolia

Dzuds, droughts, and livestock mortality in Mongolia

Recent incidences of mass livestock mortality, known as dzud, have called into question the sustainability of pastoral nomadic herding, the cornerstone of Mongolian culture. A total of 20 million head of livestock perished in the mortality events of 2000–2002, and 2009–2010. To mitigate the effects...

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Main Authors: Mukund Palat Rao, Nicole K Davi, Rosanne D D’Arrigo, Jerry Skees, Baatarbileg Nachin, Caroline Leland, Bradfield Lyon, Shih-Yu Wang, Oyunsanaa Byambasuren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
livestock
mortality
dzud
Mongolia
climate variability
drought
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074012

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074012

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