Social and Ecological Constraints on Decision Making by Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains

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	Social and Ecological Constraints on Decision Making by Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains
	Zakia AKASBI ; Jens OLDELAND ; Jürgen DENGLER ; Manfred FINCKH
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2012-06
卷号	9 期号:3 页码:307-321
关键词	Ait Mgoun Ait Zekri Ait Toumert ARGOS Goat grazing High Atlas Jebel Saghro Migration pattern Rangeland Small ruminant Transhumance
通讯作者	Zakia AKASBI
英文摘要	Transhumant pastoralism is an important activity in southern Morocco. Migration pattern of transhumant pastoralists can be affected by physical factors (e.g. droughts and diseases) or socioeconomic factors (e.g. schooling options for children and migration costs). We studied the spatio-temporal rangeland usage of the three tribes Ait Mgoun, Ait Zekri, and Ait Toumert in the south-central Atlas region with a two-fold approach. First, we tracked the migration movements of one representative transhumant herd using the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS) collars, which record coordinates from satellite signals. Second, we interviewed herders to obtain information about general grazing practices of the respective tribe and to gain more direct information on motivations underlying decisions. For each tribe we observed small-, medium- and large-scale movements. We found that the most important drivers of migration decisions were seasonal fodder availability and weather conditions in combination with herd-specific risk and cost assessment, as well as personal factors. In conclusion, general migration patterns vary in time, both between and within the tribes, but according to a regulatory framework. Moreover, it appears that both the customary rules and its flexible adaptation to physical constraints are generally beneficial in terms of conservation of the arid and semiarid rangeland resources.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
公开日期	2013-04-16
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://192.168.143.20:8080/handle/131551/5100]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2012_Vol9 No.3
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zakia AKASBI,Jens OLDELAND,Jürgen DENGLER,et al. Social and Ecological Constraints on Decision Making by Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2012,9(3):307-321.
APA	Zakia AKASBI,Jens OLDELAND,Jürgen DENGLER,&Manfred FINCKH.(2012).Social and Ecological Constraints on Decision Making by Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.Journal of Mountain Science,9(3),307-321.
MLA	Zakia AKASBI,et al."Social and Ecological Constraints on Decision Making by Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains".Journal of Mountain Science 9.3(2012):307-321.