Robust strategies for managing rangelands with multiple stable attractors

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-162

  Janssen, Marco A ^a   Anderies, John M ^b   Walker, Brian H ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Multiple stable states; Rangelands; Robust management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RAIN; SCATTERING;

GRASS; RANGELANDS;

LANDFORMS;

GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; SAVANNA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0347566323     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-0696(03)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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