Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic pastoralism
| Autor: | Oyundari Chuluunkhuyag, John-Oliver Engler, Petra Kaczensky, Karsten Wesche, Henrik von Wehrden, Prabesh Dhakal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economics and Econometrics
extreme events productivity 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Extreme Events Piecewise Structural Equation Modeling Nomadic pastoralism 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Singularity Post-Soviet Mongolia Herding Productivity Biology post-sovjet Mongolia 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Biomass (ecology) precipation variability business.industry Agroforestry Precipitation Variability modeling Gobi piecewise structural equation Geography Ecosystems Research nomadic herding VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Livestock business Nomadic Herding |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Economics Engler, J O, Wesche, K, Kaczensky, P, Dhakal, P, Chuluunkhuyag, O & von Wehrden, H 2021, ' Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity : Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic pastoralism ', Ecological Economics, vol. 187, 107073 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107073 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107073 |
| Popis: | We analyzed a unique data set of livestock numbers in the Mongolian southern Gobi. In a novel approach, we combined biophysical data on precipitation and pasture biomass productivity with data on fine wool prices from 1981 through 2015 to investigate dynamic patterns and responses of livestock numbers in Mongolia’s southern Gobi. Using piecewise structural equation modeling enabled us to disentangle the effects of biophysical and politico-economic factors on livestock numbers and species composition, paying particular attention to the singular transition from centrally planned to free-market economy that happened in Mongolia in 1992. Our analysis reveals that biophysical and politico-economic factors were both important determinants of livestock numbers, and highlights the politico-economic singularity of 1992 as the single-largest driver of livestock dynamics in the period investigated. roductivity Nomadic Herding Gobi Precipitation Variability Post-Soviet Mongolia Extreme Events, Piecewise Structural Equation Modeling |
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