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Coupled biophysical and decision-making processes in grassland systems in East African savannahs – A modelling framework

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  • Marohn, Carsten
  • Troost, Christian
  • Warth, Benjamin
  • Bateki, Christian
  • Zijlstra, Mink
  • Anwar, Faizan
  • Williams, Benjamin
  • Descheemaeker, Katrien
  • Berger, Thomas
  • Asch, Folkard
  • Dickhoefer, Uta
  • Birner, Regina
  • Cadisch, Georg

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Increasing livestock densities on limited grazing areas in African savannahs lead to resource degradation through overgrazing, aggravated by drought. Assessing herd management strategies over longer periods at landscape scale is important to propose options for sustainable land use. This requires an understanding of processes related to hydrology, nutrient cycling, herd movement, pasture degradation, and animal resilience that involve dynamic soil-plant-animal interactions and human decisions about stocking rates, livestock purchases and sales.

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  • Marohn, Carsten & Troost, Christian & Warth, Benjamin & Bateki, Christian & Zijlstra, Mink & Anwar, Faizan & Williams, Benjamin & Descheemaeker, Katrien & Berger, Thomas & Asch, Folkard & Dickhoefer, , 2022. "Coupled biophysical and decision-making processes in grassland systems in East African savannahs – A modelling framework," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 474(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:474:y:2022:i:c:s0304380022002150
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110113
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