Modelling trade-offs between livestock grazing and wader conservation in a grassland agroecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1292-1300

  Sabatier, R ^a   Doyen, L ^b   Tichit, M ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Co viability; Density yield function; Dynamic modelling; Management; Trade off curve; Wader bird

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; BIRD POPULATIONS; BIRD SPECIES; CONTROL FRAMEWORK; DENSITY-YIELD FUNCTION; DYNAMIC MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; FIELD DATA; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; MODEL RESULTS; ON CURRENTS; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCHASTIC POPULATION DYNAMICS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL SHIFTS; TRADE-OFF CURVES; YIELD FUNCTION;

COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BIRDS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANTAGONISM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-OFF; VIABILITY; WADER;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 77949489747     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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