Modelling Soil Erosion by Grazing
Recent Developments and New Approaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877212 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J B Thornes (0000-0001-8083-6198, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-26 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00426.x |
| OpenAlex | W2085123605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Grazing is still widely held responsible for land degradation. The interaction between grazing and erosion is still rather poorly understood. As a consequence, counter-measures and associated management techniques have been slow to develop in southern Europe compared with Australia. Developments in ecological and economic-ecological modelling have improved our understanding of the processes and enhanced management capacity. Some of these developments are reviewed and two applications are described. One is a model for semi-extensive grazing in dry Mediterranean mountain conditions in which the shepherds, on random paths, seek to optimise resources use for economic benefit. The other is a spatial optimisation of vegetation canopy to minimise erosion rates
Agroforestry · Environmental resource management · Erosion · Geography · Geomorphology · Grazing · Land degradation · Land use · Mediterranean climate · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Environmental Science · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Soil erosion and sediment transport · Ecology · Geology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |