Rangeland and evolution of management styles (1.0.0)
Provided is a landscape of properties where pastoralists make decisions how much livestock they put on their property and how much to suppress fire from occuring. Rangelands can be grass dominated, or unproductive shrubb dominated. Overgrazing and fire suppresion lead to shrub dominated landscapes. What management strategies evolve, and how is this impacted by policies?
The model is discussed in Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling by Marco Janssen. For more information see https://intro2abm.com/.
Release Notes
Uses Netlogo 6.0.2
Associated Publications
Janssen, M.A., B. Walker, J. Langridge and N. Abel (2000) An adaptive agent model for analysing co-evolution of management and policies in a complex rangeland system, Ecological Modelling 131(2/3): 249-268.
Janssen, M.A., J.M. Anderies and B.H. Walker (2004), Robust strategies for managing rangelands with multiple stable attractors, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 47:140-162
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Rangeland and evolution of management styles 1.0.0
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Marco Janssen
Published Jan 14, 2020
Last modified Jun 26, 2026
Provided is a landscape of properties where pastoralists make decisions how much livestock they put on their property and how much to suppress fire from occuring. Rangelands can be grass dominated, or unproductive shrubb dominated. Overgrazing and fire suppresion lead to shrub dominated landscapes. What management strategies evolve, and how is this impacted by policies?
The model is discussed in Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling by Marco Janssen. For more information see https://intro2abm.com/.
Release Notes
Uses Netlogo 6.0.2