Modelling the carrying capacity and coexistence of pika and livestock in the mountain steppe of the South Gobi, Mongolia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 89-104

  Retzer, V ^a,b   Reudenbach, C ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Competition; Grazing; Modelling; Mongolia; Non equilibrium ecosystem; Pastoralism; Precipitation variability; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARRYING CAPACITY; FORAGE COMPETITION; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK DENSITY; MONGOLIA; NON-EQUILIBRIUM ECOSYSTEMS; PASTORALISM; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SMALL MAMMALS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIVESTOCK; SMALL MAMMAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; SOUTH GOBI; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PALLASI; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS;

EID: 27644539786     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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