Pastoralists' responses to variation of rangeland resources in time and space

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 572-583

  McAllister, Ryan R J ^a   Gordon, Iain J ^a   Janssen, Marco A ^b   Abel, Nick ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agistment; Climatic variability; Game theory; Iterated prisoner's dilemma; Pastoral opportunism; Trust and cooperation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GAME THEORY; GRAZING; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAME; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRUST;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33646134841     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0572:PRTVOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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