A modelling approach to farm management and vegetation degradation in pre-modern Iceland

Grazing by domestic livestock is one of the primary ways by which humans have modified landscapes. At low stocking rates livestock grazing can modify vegetation community composition, but at high stocking rates grazing can also reduce vegetation productivity and initiate soil erosion, leading to lan...

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Main Author: Thomson, Amanda Mary
Other Authors: Simpson, Ian A., School of Natural Sciences, Department of Environmental Science
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Stirling 2003
Subjects:
Farm management
Agricultural systems
Agricultural landscape management
modelling
vegetation degradation
Iceland
grazing
Búmodel
Vestur-Eyjafjallahreppur
Hofstaðir
Mývatn
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23
http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23/1/Amanda_Thomson_PhD_Thesis.pdf

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