The ODD protocol: a review and first update

V Grimm, U Berger, DL DeAngelis, JG Polhill… - Ecological …, 2010 - Elsevier
The 'ODD'(Overview, Design concepts, and Details) protocol was published in 2006 to
standardize the published descriptions of individual-based and agent-based models …

New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social‐ecological systems modeling

M Schlueter, RRJ Mcallister… - Natural Resource …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional approaches to natural resource management are increasingly challenged by
environmental problems that are embedded in highly complex systems with profound …

The ODD protocol for describing agent-based and other simulation models: A second update to improve clarity, replication, and structural realism

V Grimm, SF Railsback… - Journal of Artificial …, 2020 - eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk
© 2020, University of Surrey. All rights reserved. The Overview, Design concepts and Details
(ODD) protocol for describing Individual-and Agent-Based Models (ABMs) is now widely …

Livelihood security in face of drought–assessing the vulnerability of pastoral households

R Martin, A Linstädter, K Frank, B Müller - Environmental Modelling & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing in drylands supports pastoral livelihoods but is facing multiple changes
including shocks such as severe droughts. Herdsmen specifically cite drought events as a …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-connection between land use/land cover change and herders'/farmers' livestock feed resource management strategies: a case study from three Ethiopian …

A Mekasha, B Gerard, K Tesfaye, L Nigatu… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2014 - Elsevier
We assessed land use/land cover changes from remotely sensed satellite imagery and
compared this with community perceptions on availability/use of livestock feed resources …

How much climate change can pastoral livelihoods tolerate? Modelling rangeland use and evaluating risk

R Martin, B Müller, A Linstädter, K Frank - Global Environmental Change, 2014 - Elsevier
Livestock is the most important source of income for pastoral livelihoods in drylands.
Pastoralists have developed flexible resource utilization strategies that enable them to cope …

[PDF][PDF] On the difference between “exclosures” and “enclosures” in ecology and the environment

R Aerts, J Nyssen, M Haile - Journal of arid environments, 2009 - academia.edu
Rehabilitation of degraded land in arid and semiarid environments often involves excluding
livestock from degraded sites. The main objective of such ''exclosures''is to allow native …

Meta‐analysis of ANPP and rain‐use efficiency confirms indicative value for degradation and supports non‐linear response along precipitation gradients in drylands

JC Ruppert, A Holm, S Miehe… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Questions In drylands above‐ground net primary production (ANPP) and rain‐use efficiency
(RUE) are common ecological indicators for assessing ecosystem state, including …

A classification of cultural engagements in community technology design: introducing a transcultural approach

H Winschiers-Theophilus, T Zaman, C Stanley - Ai & Society, 2019 - Springer
Community technology design has been deeply affected by paradigm shifts and dominant
discourses of its seminal disciplines, such as Human Computer Interaction, Cultural and …

Assessing the resilience of a real-world social-ecological system: lessons from a multidisciplinary evaluation of a South African pastoral system

A Linstädter, A Kuhn, C Naumann, S Rasch… - Ecology and …, 2016 - JSTOR
In the past decades, social-ecological systems (SESs) worldwide have undergone dramatic
transformations with often detrimental consequences for livelihoods. Although resilience …