Reconciling interests concerning wildlife and livestock near conservation areas: A model for analysing alternative land uses

Ecological Economics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-38

  Chaminuka, Petronella ^a   Groeneveld, Rolf A ^b   van Ierland, Ekko C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Connectivity; Fences; Land use; Spatial characteristics; Wildlife damages

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMAGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADE-OFF;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84892473319     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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