An intrinsic mechanism for the co-existence of different survival strategies within mobile pastoralist communities

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Okayasu, Tomoo ^a   Okuro, Toshiya ^a   Jamsran, Undarmaa ^b   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Co existence mechanism; Herders' strategy; Mobile pastoralism; Mobility; Mongolia; Multi agent model

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; MOBILITY; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949261456     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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