Representing human decisions is of fundamental importance in agent-based models.
However, the rationale for choosing a particular human decision model is often not …

Rangelands are one of the Earth's major ice-free land cover types. They provide food and
support livelihoods for millions of people in addition to delivering important ecosystems …

Rangelands are Earth's dominant land cover and are important providers of ecosystem
services. Reliance on rangelands is projected to grow, thus understanding the sensitivity of …

During the last few decades, scientific capabilities for understanding and predicting weather
and climate risks have advanced rapidly. At the same time, technological advances, such as …

East African arid and semi-arid lands are home to many of the world's pastoralists and most
spectacular savanna wildlife populations, attracting substantial conservation and tourism …

Agent-based modelling allows researchers to build artificial pastoral systems that are
spatially explicit and allow for the examination of complex interactions between households …

Intensifying grassland-based ruminant livestock systems (GRLS) in the African Guinea
Savanna could contribute to food and income security of the increasing African population …

This article introduces an agent-based modeling laboratory for investigating how evolving
hazard information, propagated through forecaster, media, public official, and peer …

Rangelands throughout sub-Saharan Africa are currently undergoing two major pressures:
climate change (through altered rainfall and seasonality patterns) and habitat fragmentation …

In many dryland regions, traditional pastoral land use strategies are exposed to various
drivers such as demographic or socio-economic change. This may lead to an adjustment of …