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| Schumann, Keith D.; Conner, J. Richard; Richardson, James W.; Stuth, Jerry W.; Hamilton, Wayne T.; Drawe, D. Lynn. |
| Woody plant encroachment restricts forage production and capacity to produce grazing livestock. Biophysical plant growth simulation and economic simulation were used to evaluate a prescribed burning range management technique. Modeling systems incorporated management practices and costs, historical climate data, vegetation and soil inventories, livestock production data, and historical regional livestock prices. The process compared baseline non-treatment return estimates to expected change in livestock returns resulting from prescribed burning. Stochastic analyses of production and price variability produced estimates of greater net returns resulting from use of prescribed burning relative to the baseline. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Biophysical simulation; Prescribed burning; Range management; Simulation; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15452 |
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| Lee, Andrew C.; Conner, J. Richard; Mjelde, James W.; Richardson, James W.; Stuth, Jerry W.. |
| Large-scale brush-control programs are being proposed in Texas to increase off-site water yields. Biophysical and economic simulation models are combined to estimate the effects of brush control on representative ranches in four ecological regions of the Edwards Plateau area of Texas. Net present values of representative ranches in three of four regions decrease with brush control. Cost shares necessary for ranches from the three regions to break even range from 7% to 31% of total brush-control costs. Any large-scale brush-control program will therefore require a substantial investment by the state of Texas. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31036 |
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