The on-ranch economics of riparian zone cattle grazing management

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 664-676

  Unterschultz, James R ^a   Miller, Jamie ^a   Boxall, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Economics; Grazing; Management; Rangeland; Riparian

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CATTLE GRAZING MANAGEMENT; ON-RANCH ECONOMICS; RIPARIAN GRAZING CAPACITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CATTLE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; RANCHING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE FARMING; COST; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SIMULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SIMULATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 3543074097     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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