The aim of this paper is to analytically review the contemporary scientific literature in range management. To this end, we first focus on the ecology and the management of rangelands. Second, we concentrate on the economics and the management of rangelands. Third, we shed light on significant...

The aim of this paper is to analytically review the contemporary scientific literature in range management. To this end, we first focus on the ecology and the management of rangelands. Second, we concentrate on the economics and the management of rangelands. Third, we shed light on significant...

For rangelands managed with spatial and temporal controls, [a] the long run expected net cost of management operations, [b] the long run rate at which grazing is moved from one paddock to another, and [c] the long run rate at which grazing has to be moved from one paddock to another because of...

In spite of a manager's best attempts, a managed rangeland may hit an irreversible state in which it provides neither consumptive nor non-consumptive services to humans. Therefore, given a particular time based management regime, it is useful to know how long it takes for a rangeland to hit the...

The quasi-option value (QOV) literature originated by Arrow and Fisher (1974) and by Henry (1974) is largely concerned with the analysis of two-period models of land development. Our paper extends this literature by studying two scenarios in which the decision to develop land is made in a...

For rangelands managed with spatial and temporal controls, [a] the long run mean net cost of management operations, [b] the long run rate of moving grazing from one paddock to another, and [c] the long run rate of moving grazing between paddocks because of adverse environmental factors are...

The frequency with which a crop can be harvested on a cleared parcel of forest land (CPFL) before this land must be fallowed depends in part on the decision to use or not to use fertilizers to improve soil fertility. Therefore, we first construct a mathematical model of fertilizer use by a...

The number of times a crop can be harvested on a cleared parcel of forest land (CPFL) before this land must be fallowed is dependent on the decision to use or not to use fertilizers to enhance soil fertility. As such, we first construct a theoretical model of fertilizer use by a swidden...

A fundamental objective of rangeland managers all over the world is to take measures to ensure that the rangeland being managed stays away from irreversible states in which it provides little or no consumptive and non-consumptive services to humans. Nevertheless, despite a manager's best...

In recent times, ecologists and economists have drawn attention to the fact that rangelands ought to be viewed and studied as jointly determined ecological-economic systems. However, because this observation has been rather recent, a number of theoretical issues in range management remain poorly...