A piecewise smooth rangeland grazing model shows that setting recovery period of plant is beneficial to prevent overgrazing

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-242

  Hui, Jing ^a,b   Chen, Lan Sun ^c  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Overgrazing; Rangeland Grazing Model; Recovery Period

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646543283     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339006001751     Document Type: Article

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