Land ownership is one of the primary determinants of how rangelands are used and property size has been shown to drive many land use decisions. As such, knowledge about land ownership characteristics is key to understanding rangeland production, land fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation. This information is also useful in targeting outreach materials to improve production and conservation practices. Using a parcel dataset containing all 58 California counties we describe the characteristics of Mediterranean rangeland ownership across California and discuss the implications for livestock production and biodiversity conservation.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.