29552
2008
2008
eng
article
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Modeling the impacts of grazing land management on land-use change for the Jordan River region
In this article, we describe a simulation method for investigating the impacts of different grazing land management strategies on the productivity of (semi-)natural vegetation and the resulting feedback on land-use change. In a first application, we analyze the effects of sustainable and intensive grazing land management in the Jordan River region. For this purpose, we adapt and use the regional version of the spatially explicit modeling framework LandSHIFT. Our simulation experiments indicate that the modeled feedback mechanism has a strong effect on the spatial extent of grazing land. Consequently, the results of our study underline that the inclusion of such feedback mechanisms in land- use models can help to represent and analyze the complex interactions between humans and the environment in a more differentiated and realistic way, but they also identify the demand for more detailed empirical data on grazing land degradation in order to further improve the explanatory power of the model.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VF0-4TPX0NJ-5/2/ 34ae74c07f60d91307937896c0378ddf
10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.09.005
allegro:1991-2014
10105237
Global and Planetary Change. - 64 (2008), 3-4, S. 177 - 187
Jennifer Koch
Rüdiger Schaldach
Martin Koechy
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
34773
2013
2013
eng
S84
S95
12
9
127
article
Elsevier
London
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Model-based analysis of the environmental impacts of grazing management on Eastern Mediterranean ecosystems in Jordan
Eastern Mediterranean ecosystems are prone to desertification when under grazing pressure. Therefore, management of grazing intensity plays a crucial role to avoid or to diminish land degradation and to sustain both livelihoods and ecosystem functioning. The dynamic land-use model LandSHIFT was applied to a case study on the country level for Jordan. The impacts of different stocking densities on the environment were assessed through a set of simulation experiments for various combinations of climate input and assumptions about the development of livestock numbers. Indicators used for the analysis include a set of landscape metrics to account for habitat fragmentation and the "Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production" (HANPP), i.e., the difference between the amount of net primary production (NPP) that would be available in a natural ecosystem and the amount of NPP that remains under human management. Additionally, the potential of the economic valuation of ecosystem services, including landscape and grazing services, as an analysis concept was explored. We found that lower management intensities had a positive effect on HANPP but at the same time resulted in a strong increase of grazing area. This effect was even more pronounced under climate change due to a predominantly negative effect on the biomass productivity of grazing land. Also Landscape metrics tend to indicate decreasing habitat fragmentation as a consequence of lower grazing pressure. The valuation of ecosystem services revealed that low grazing intensity can lead to a comparatively higher economic value on the country level average. The results from our study underline the importance of considering grazing management as an important factor to manage dry-land ecosystems in a sustainable manner.
Journal of environmental management
10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.024
0301-4797
1095-8630
wos:2011-2013
WOS:000324227900010
Schaldach, R (reprint author), Univ Kassel, Ctr Environm Syst Res, Wilhelmshoher Allee 47, D-34119 Kassel, Germany., schaldach@usf.uni-kassel.de
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [FKZ 01LW0502]
Rüdiger Schaldach
Florian Wimmer
Jennifer Koch
Jan Volland
Katja Geissler
Martin Köchy
eng
uncontrolled
Sustainable management of Mediterranean grazing land
eng
uncontrolled
Land-use modeling
eng
uncontrolled
Climate change
eng
uncontrolled
Landscape metrics
eng
uncontrolled
Ecosystem service value
eng
uncontrolled
Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP)
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
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