Coupling erosion, vegetation and grazing

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-138

  Thornes, John B ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Erosion; Grazing; Logistic equations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL SIMULATION; EROSION-VEGETATION-GRAZING SYSTEMS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION COVER;

EROSION;

EROSION CONTROL; GRAZING; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 17244366641     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.655     Document Type: Article

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