A mathematical model of browse and herbage production in communal grazing lands of semi-arid regions

The main purpose of this work is to extend an existing model of growing cattle and grass production in a semi-arid rangeland.The existing model which is basically Dye's (1983) model in differential equation form handles: i) the growth and performance of cattle measured in terms of weight, ii) t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nhlengetfwa, Melusi
Other Authors: Richardson, F D
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26527