Stuart M. Charters's research while affiliated with Lincoln University New Zealand and other places

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Grasslands and ecosystem services are under threat due to common practices adopted by modern livestock farming systems. Design theory has been an alternative to promote changes and develop more sustainable strategies that allow pastoral livestock production systems to evolve continually within grasslands by enhancing their health and enabling the c...
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Grasslands are complex and heterogeneous ecosystems, and their health can be defined by the cumulative ability of their components to evolve, adapt, and maintain their integrity in the presence of stress/disturbance and provide ecosystem services. Herein, a design approach is used to generate alternative and multifunctional pastoral livestock produ...

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... Another strategy is the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a computational system that allows the analysis, creation, and management of spatial data. Geographic information systems are widely applied to Animal Science questions and can be used for land use/cover changes [223], land degradation [224] and grassland health assessment [4,8] by spatial analysis of multi-temporal data from a particular area. Geographic information systems generates a diverse range of information that can be integrated to produce useful outcomes that can contribute to the decision-making process [225] and allows the identification of suitable areas for specific purposes, such as adequate areas for specific plant species growth [226]. ...