Using stylized agent-based models for population-environment research: A case study from the Galápagos Islands

Population and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 401-426

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Breckheimer, Ian ^b   McCleary, Amy L ^a   Guzmán Ramirez, Liza ^a   Caplow, Susan C ^a   Jones Smith, Jessica C ^c   Walsh, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gal pagos Islands; Invasive species; Land use land cover; Livelihoods; NetLogo

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; PLANT; SOFTWARE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 77954029898     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0110-4     Document Type: Article

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