How much climate change can pastoral livelihoods tolerate? Modelling rangeland use and evaluating risk

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-192

  Martin, Romina ^a,b   Müller, Birgit ^b   Linstädter, Anja ^a   Frank, Karin ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drylands; Grazing management; Livelihood security; Precipitation change; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HERBIVORY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84894312278     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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