To design a model for sustainable utilization of rangeland suitability to cattle grazing, based on geographic information system (GIS) was considered. The framework of the study was based on FAO method for land evaluation (1991). The most important and feasible factors affect in rangeland...

We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. The non-equilibrium ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategy under uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility from...

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...