Across western North America, invasive plant species and elevated levels of nitrogen are threatening the productivity of rangelands. A bioeconomic model of stocking cattle on these rangelands is used to show that optimal stocking depends on the competition between native grasses and the...

Endangered species are in predator/prey, mutualistic, competitive, or other types of relationships with many other species that share their habitat. Understanding these ecological relationships is an important part of designing endangered species policies. We employ a general equilibrium model...