Publications and Reports describing the L-Range Family of Models

Sircely, J., R.T. Conant, and R.B. Boone. 2019. Simulating rangeland ecosystems with G-Range: model description and evaluation at global and site scales. Rangeland Ecology & Management 72:846-857.

Boone, R.B., R.T. Conant, J. Sircely, P.K. Thornton, and M. Herrero. 2018. Climate change impacts on selected global rangeland ecosystem services. Global Change Biology 24:1382-1393. (prequest a copy if not downloadable)

Boone, R.B., R.T. Conant, and J. Sircely. 2013. Adjustment and sensitivity analyses of a beta global rangeland model. Final report to the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Boone, R.B., R.T. Conant, and T.E. Hilinski. 2011. G-Range: Development and use of a beta global rangeland model. Final report to the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Publications and Reports using the L-Range Family of Models

Liu, P., H. Zeng, L. Qi, A.A. Degen, R.B. Boone, B. Luo, M. Huang, Z. Peng, T. Qi, W. Wang, X. Jing, and Z. Shang. 2024. Vegetation redistribution is predicted to intensify soil organic carbon loss under future climate changes on the Tibetan Plateau. Science of the Total Environmental 932:173034. (prequest a copy if not downloadable)

Boone, R.B., C. Lesorogol, and K.A. Galvin. In press. Drought frequency, conservancies, and pastoral household wellbeing. Ecology and Society.

Warrier, R., R.B. Boone, P.W. Keys, and K. Galvin. In press. Exploring linkages between protected area access and Kenyan pastoralist food security using a new agent-based model. Ecology and Society 29(1):18

KA-DST. 2023. Kenya Afforestation Application Decision Support Tool (KA-DST). (L-Range applied to Kenya forms the foundation of estimates of climate change effects on Kenyan forests, from the perspective of Sustainable Development Goals.) NASA supported work by P. Keys (PI), R. Warrier, K. Galvin, and R.B. Boone.

Enahoro, D., J. Sircely, R.B. Boone, S. Oloo, A.M. Komerek, S. Bahta, M. Herrero, and K.M. Rich. 2021. Feed biomass production may not sufficient to support emerging livestock demand: Model projections to 2050 in Southern Africa. SA-TIED Working Paper #184.

Godde, C.M., R.B. Boone, A.J. Ash, K. Waha, L.L. Sloat, P.K. Thornton, and M. Herrero. 2020. Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability. Environmental Research Letters 15:044021.

Thornton, P.K., M. Herrero, and R.B. Boone. 2019. Altered grazing systems: pastoralism to conventional agriculture. In: Grasslands and Climate Change. Gibson, G.J. and J.A. Newman (eds.). British Ecological Society: Ecological Reviews Series. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Chapter 15. (prequest a copy if not downloadable)

Thornton PK, Boone RB, Ramirez- Villegas J. 2015. Climate change impacts on livestock. CCAFS Working Paper no. 120. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

Dinesh, D., B. Bett, R. Boone, D. Grace, J. Kinyangi, J. Lindahl, C.V. Mohan, J. Ramirez-Villegas, R. Robinson, T. Rosenstock, J. Smith and P. Thornton. 2015. Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).