Simple movement rules result in ideal free distribution of mobile pastoralists

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 305, Issue , 2015, Pages 54-63

  Moritz, Mark ^a,b   Hamilton, Ian M ^a   Yoak, Andrew J ^a   Scholte, Paul ^c   Cronley, Jeff ^d   Maddock, Paul ^a   Pi, Hongyang ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c German Technical Development Organization GIZ   (Cameroon)

^d Research for Undergraduates: Adventures in Mathematical Biology and Its Applications (RUMBA)   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Common pool resources; Complex adaptive systems; Emergent Commons; Ideal free distribution; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMMON POOL RESOURCES; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; EMERGENT COMMONS; FREE DISTRIBUTION; PASTORALISM;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; FLOODPLAIN; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCATION THEORY; MOBILITY; PASTORALISM; SIMULATION;

CAMEROON; LOGONE VALLEY;

EID: 84926442141     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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