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- Library Collection RecordSomewhere in the past one of our ancestors picked up a flaming brand, held it and eventuallyset the grass on fire for his purpose. He had long recognized the fact that animals congregated on such…
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSomewhere in the past one of our ancestors picked up a flaming brand, held it and eventuallyset the grass on fire for his purpose. He had long recognized the fact that animals congregated on such…
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1966
- Soil Productivity
- Africa
- resources
- Nigeria
- utilization
- development
- grasslands
- range management
- Base
- Existing Grasslands
- grassland vegetation
- livestock distribution
- Livestock Industry
- Need
- Plant Productivity
- Research Information
- Library Collection RecordPastoral livestock production systems in Africa that have existed for centuries are now threatened by changing demographics, improved communications, increased availability of modern weapons, open…Publication Date 2017
- Africa
- cattle
- food crisis
- grazing
- livestock
- nomads
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1983-02-01
- national parks
- Gemsbok
- ibex
- wildlife ecology
- elands
- Russia
- game farming
- game ranching
- game animals
- game
- Africa
- ranchers
- beef
- rangelands
- livestock
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1990-08-01
- tropics
- arid lands
- Andropogon gayanus
- pasture plants
- Gamba grass
- Africa
- South America
- grasses
- Australia
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-12-01
- riverbank protection
- Africa
- environmental impact
- riparian buffers
- North America
- wildlife
- ecosystems
- livestock
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1993-02-01
- range management
- livestock
- stocking rate
- overgrazing
- overpopulation
- Africa
- problem solving
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-02-01
- range science
- Africa
- agricultural education
- range management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- tropics
- Andropogon gayanus
- pasture plants
- Gamba grass
- Africa
- South America
- grasses
- Australia
- forage
- arid lands
- Library Collection RecordThe high inherent variability in rainfall and forage availability in arid regions makes it very difficult for a rancher to establish a herd size that is suited to the environment and also complicates…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- variability
- ranching
- drought
- range management
- grass production
- arid environments
- deserts
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the herbage standing crop on 31 farms along a rainfall gradient in Namibia (southwestern Africa) in 1997 with the results attained for the same gradient by Walter (1939). We found that…Publication Date 2000-03-01
- Namibia
- environmental degradation
- desertification
- grasslands
- rain
- stocking rate
- biomass production
- overgrazing
- forage
- Africa
- rangelands
- historical records
- grazing
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordAfrican pastoral ecosystems have been studied with the assumptions that these ecosystems are potentially stable (equilibrial) systems which become destabilized by overstocking and overgrazing.…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- dynamics
- development policy
- program evaluation
- environmental degradation
- Africa
- ecosystems
- pastoralism
- crop production
- range management
- climatic factors
- livestock
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAssistance programs in range management to developing countries in Africa by the U.S. Agency for International Development historically have had a training program for nationals for the host…Publication Date 1981-01-01
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article is an attempt to review and synthesize the present state of knowledge on the Sahel rangelands in a concise way. Ecological conditions, land use practices, livestock numbers, and…Publication Date 1980-01-01
- Africa
- deserts
- Library Collection RecordSpreading or creeping deserts worldwide are causing concern. Recent publicity indicates that man's efforts in supplying technology and aide projects to stem the desertification process have not…Publication Date 1978-09-01
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe study of the relationships between annual rainfall and range production in the Mediterranean Basin and the Sahelian Sudanian tropical zones of Africa shows a close correlation between average…Publication Date 1977-05-01
- Africa
- Mediterranean region
- Library Collection RecordAfrican cattle production and marketing in Zambia is far below its favorable potential. Stubborn cultural impediments are slowly being overcome. The process involves two basic steps: (1) stimulating…Publication Date 1966-11-01
- Improving
- Cultural Conflicts
- Cattle Business
- Zambia
- Impediments
- Economic Wants
- sales
- Seller
- Animal Husbandry Officer
- Bridewealth
- Feasting
- Religious Ceremonies
- Gifts
- Herding Arangements
- Common Interest
- Security
- Economic Asset
- cattle production
- marketing
- Extension
- Africa
- Killing
- production
- Library Collection RecordDevelopment of extensive Nigerian grasslands should follow a range management philosophy. A range management approach offers the best solution for utilization of resources already at hand without the…Publication Date 1966-11-01
- Plant Productivity
- Soil Productivity
- Research Information
- Base
- Existing Grasslands
- livestock distribution
- Africa
- resources
- Need
- grassland vegetation
- Nigeria
- Livestock Industry
- utilization
- development
- grasslands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordOver the past two decades, the issue of rural women in developing countries has evolved from relative obscurity to a primary concern among the growing community of researchers and policy makers who…
- Africa
- productive projects
- Socio- economic factors
- women participation
- Library Collection RecordThis paper presents results of over 40 years of experience on rangelands in the central and western parts of the United States. The principal theme is the relationship of drought to vegetation…
- drought
- forage
- Africa
- Colorado
- Midwestern United States
- western U.S.
- Library Collection RecordThe ecology of clonal species has rarely been studied in savannas. Dichrostachys cinerea, a common invasive shrub in southern African savannas, forms root suckers. This paper examines the effect of…Publication Date 2007
- Alien invasive species
- plant autecology
- grasslands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe use of fire in the management of grassland is a common rangeland practice in South Africa. This portends ecological implication for the sustainability of the savannah rangelands as a system. A…Publication Date 2008
- fire ecology
- management
- savanna
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Soil Condition
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe introduce the five rangeland types found in the arid and semiarid regions of South Africa, namely Arid Savanna, Arid Grassland, Nama-karoo, Succulent Karoo, and Thicket, and describe the important…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- savanna
- livestock
- grazing
- management
- commercial agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Question: Do anthropogenic activities facilitate the distribution of exotic plants along steep altitudinal gradients? Location: Sani Pass road, Grassland biome, South Africa. Methods: On…Publication Date 2008
- Alien
- dispersal
- disturbance
- Gradient analysis
- grasslands
- Multivariate
- spatial analysis
- transect
- Germishuizen & Meyer (2003)
- Alien invasive species
- rehabilitation
- restoration ecology
- management
- biodiversity
- seed banks
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordTransformation of indigenous vegetation for production purposes impacts negatively on biodiversity but does this necessarily equate with a decrease in phytomass accumulation, which may influence…Publication Date 2008
- grasslands
- plant production
- carbon sequestration
- land use
- management
- conservation
- agriculture
- pasture management
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- forage quality
- cattle
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- seed banks
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSusan Kent had been working on a project excavating an open-air archaeological site in the eastern Free State, South Africa, at the time of her death. She had commissioned geological studies, which…Publication Date 2006
- paleoenvironments
- Middle Stone Age
- pollen
- phytoliths
- optically stimulated luminescence dating
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Biodiversity offsets are conservation projects used mainly by business to counterbalance the environmental impacts of their operations, with the aim of achieving a net neutral or even…Publication Date 2007
- conservation
- biodiversity
- Economic Aspects
- environmental impact
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSince the rise of its first democratically elected government in 1994, South Africa has sought to redress its highly inequitable land distribution through a series of land-reform programs. In this…Publication Date 2008
- land redistribution
- Limpopo Province
- political ecology
- South Africa
- Western Cape Province
- land reform
- policies
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT South Africa's first national assessment of spatial priorities for biodiversity conservation, released in 2005, aimed to identify conservation priority areas for mainstreaming into all…Publication Date 2007
- National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
- conservation planning
- mainstreaming
- Implementation
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- ecosystems
- monitoring
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Prevention is the best way to slow the escalation of problems associated with biological invasions. Screening of potential introductions is widely applied for assessing the risk of species…Publication Date 2007
- biological invasions
- climate matching
- homoclime analysis
- invasive species
- niche-based modelling
- prediction
- risk assessment
- Alien invasive species
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAssessing plant nutrient limitation is a fundamental part of understanding grassland dynamics. The ratio of concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in vegetation has been proposed as an…Publication Date 2008
- co-limitation
- ecosystem management
- grasslands
- Kruger National Park
- nitrogen (N)
- phosphorus (P)
- stoichiometry
- soils
- Plant Productivity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Grasses using the C4 photosynthetic pathway dominate today's savanna ecosystems and account for ~20% of terrestrial carbon fixation. However, this dominant status was reached only…Publication Date 2008
- atmospheric CO2
- C4 plants
- climate change
- fire
- grasslands
- grazing
- Poaceae
- rainfall
- savanna
- seasonality
- carbon dioxide
- palaeoclimate
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aim Grasslands and savannas, which make up >75% of Madagascar's land area, have long been viewed as anthropogenically derived after people settled on the island c. 2 ka. We…Publication Date 2008
- Africa
- biome origin
- C4 grasses
- deforestation
- fire ecology
- grassland
- Madagascar
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Fire is important for the maintenance and conservation of African savanna ecosystems. Despite the importance of fire intensity as a key element of the fire regime, it is seldom measured or…Publication Date 2006
- fire management
- fuel loads
- Kruger National Park
- long-term ecological experiment
- fire
- fire ecology
- management
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients represent a potential opportunity for…Publication Date 2006
- animal impact
- piosphere
- watering points
- livestock
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- grazing
- management
- disturbance
- stocking rates
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The paleoenvironmental context of plant and animal species evolution (including glacial migrations and population separations) is based on a very patchy and incomplete paleo-phytogeographic…Publication Date 2008
- Africa
- glacial–interglacial cycles
- grasslands
- human evolution
- phytogeography
- Pleistocene
- savannas
- tropical forests
- vegetation modeling
- palaeoemvironment
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Anthropogenic perturbations have profoundly modified the Earth's biogeochemical cycles, the most prominent of these changes being manifested by global carbon (C) cycling. We…Publication Date 2007
- carbon sequestration
- 13C NMR
- deforestation
- land-use change
- NEXAFS
- organic matter composition
- Sr-FTIR-ATR
- synchrotron radiation
- land use
- grasslands
- vegetation dynamics
- carbon dynamics
- soil organic carbon
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- savanna
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA treatment of the Rubiaceae of Angola is presented based on herbarium collections kept at BM, BR, COI, K, LISC, LISU, LUA, LUAI, P, and PRE. The basionyms, relevant synonyms, and types from Angola…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- flora
- tropical Africa
- taxonomy
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordUsing new tools (boosted regression trees) in predictive biogeography, with extensive spatial 23 distribution data for >19 000 species, we developed predictive models for South African plant…Publication Date 2006
- modelling
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relationship between above and belowground species composition has been researched in forests, grasslands, and wetlands to understand what mechanisms control community composition. I thoroughly…Publication Date 2007
- grasslands
- plant community ecology
- plant production
- plant autecology
- species richness
- seed banks
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Demographic processes, particularly the recruitment of seedlings, are critical to the long-term survival and re-establishment of plant populations. In many perennial grasslands successful…Publication Date 2008
- demography
- emergence
- full factorial experiment
- intraspecific competition
- irrigation
- recruitment limitation
- seed addition
- seedling survival
- semi-arid savanna
- Stipagrostis uniplumis
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- seeds
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- germination
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAims Mapping vegetation through remotely sensed images involves various considerations, processes and techniques. Increasing availability of remotely sensed images due to the rapid advancement of…Publication Date 2008
- vegetation mapping
- remote sensing sensors
- image processing
- image classification
- mapping
- remote sensing
- Africa
- Library Collection Record[1] Land use/cover change has been recognized as a key component in global change. Various land cover data sets, including historically reconstructed, recently observed, and future projected, have…Publication Date 2007
- land use
- climate change
- management
- classification
- data analysis
- remote sensing
- modelling
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIt has been well established that drought frequently emerges in several tropical regions following the onset of El Niño. An important characteristic of such droughts is their spatial extent, which…Publication Date 2006
- drought
- climate change
- El Nino
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn Kenya, lands surrounding wildlife protected areas (PAs), referred to as dispersal areas, have undergone widespread land use changes, but these have been little studied. This study investigated…Publication Date 2008
- conservation
- agriculture
- national parks
- land use
- grazing
- biodiversity
- disturbance
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is a perception that sustained frequent fires cause nitrogen limitation over the long term (50–100 y) by volatilizing the nitrogen in soil, plant biomass and litter. Here we test this…Publication Date 2008
- soils
- fire ecology
- management
- Nitrogen cycle
- Africa