On-off policy and hysteresis on-off policy control of the herbivore-vegetation dynamics in a semi-arid grazing system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-123

  Meza, Magno Enrique Mendoza ^a   Bhaya, Amit ^a   Kaszkurewicz, Eugenius ^a   Costa, Michel Iskin da Silveira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Grazing management; Hysteresis on off policy; Limit cycle; Virtual equilibrium

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; VEGETATION;

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HYSTERESIS ON OFF POLICY; LIMIT CYCLE; VIRTUAL EQUILIBRIUM;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; VEGETATION;

GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HYSTERESIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY STRATEGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33750575630     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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