Sensitivity of a methematical model used to optimize revenue in a predation-competative farming environment

Sheep farmers in the Cape Midlands region of South Africa frequently sustain stock losses through predation by caracal lynx. Further losses are incurred when hyrax compete with sheep for available pasture. Hyrax constitute the natural prey for lynx with the result that culling either hyrax or lynx h...

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Main Author: J. Swart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2003-12-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/479