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- Library Collection RecordIn situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) belong to the promising practices to support sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa facing climate change impacts. However, appropriate indicators for their…Publication Date 2009
- Ecosystem service
- climate change
- biodiversity
- soil and water conservation
- Downstream effects
- ecohydrology
- Soil Condition
- rainfall
- conservation
- sustainability
- soil nutrients
- species richness
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMethane is the most abundant organic chemical in the earth's atmosphere, and its abundance is increasing with time and has reached levels not seen in recent geological history. Methane is…Publication Date 1994
- Methane emissions
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- cattle
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAn analysis tool was developed to simulate primary productivity and crop yields for both present and possible future climate conditions. Southern Africa was delineated into 712 relatively homogeneous…Publication Date 1993
- plant production
- agriculture
- climate change
- soil
- vegetation dynamics
- hydrology
- modelling
- GIS
- rainfall
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- food security
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNow that governments are beginning to consider actions to respond to the potential threat of global warming (even if they do not yet believe that it will definitely occur), their representatives…Publication Date 1992
- global warming
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Pliocene epoch represents an important transition from a climate regime with high-frequency, low-amplitude oscillations when the Northern Hemisphere lacked substantial ice sheets, to the typical…Publication Date 1994
- palaeobotany
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Small dome-shaped hills are recurrent and common landforms associated with plateau surfaces in the savanna woodland landscapes, both to the north and south of the Congo Basin. They may be…Publication Date 1979
- insects
- savanna
- climate change
- ecology
- rainfall
- fire
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines sensitivity of the Southern African subcontinent to climate change. It shows that the region has particularly sensitive water resources. Aridification of the subcontinent will…Publication Date 1994
- climate change
- southern Africa
- drought
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEmpirical evidence indicates that the magnitude of global warming to be expected from the relase of CO2 into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels has been greatly overestimated by scientists…Publication Date 1983
- management
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- grasslands
- global warming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIt is important to know how the increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) will affect growth of agricultural plants. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of…Publication Date 1992
- climate change
- carbon dioxide
- grasslands
- plant autecology
- plant production
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordResults of various studies on the origin of Arctic air pollution are reviewed, focusing on what is known about its physical characteristics and chemical composition, as well as on emission sources…Publication Date 1995
- Arctic air pollutants
- emissions
- Origins
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe oxygen isotopic composition of modern soil carbonate is well correlated with the isotopic composition of local meteoric water. The carbon isotopic cycle for CO2 in soils can be described in terms…Publication Date 1984
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- soils
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeasonal distribution of rainfall is thought to be important in structuring arid and semi-arid plant communities. Controlled studies of rainfall distribution have proven difficult, especially at the…Publication Date 1999
- Artemisia tridintata
- climate change
- rainout shelters
- precipitation distribution
- rainfall
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- climate
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordUsing the methods of direct gradient analysis, we investigated some of the factors responsible for species turnover in the dwarf shrubland/grassland interface of the eastern half of the Nama-Karoo…Publication Date 1994
- grasslands
- soil moisture
- species richness
- rainfall
- environmental factors
- climate change
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract 10.1002/qj.49712253008.abs An atmospheric general-circulation model with realistic land-surface properties is used to investigate the climatic effect of doubling the extent of the earth…Publication Date 1996
- climate change
- Climate modelling
- desertification
- Regional climate sensitivity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRestoration of degraded soils is a development strategy to reduce desertification, soil erosion and environmental degradation, and alleviate chronic food shortages with great potential in sub-Saharan…Publication Date 2005
- soil organic matter
- soil degradation
- global warming
- soil restoration
- agroforestry
- farming systems
- ecoregions
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- carbon sequestration in soil
- soil organic carbon
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- restoration ecology
- degradation
- Soil Condition
- desertification
- erosion
- carbon dioxide
- fire ecology
- agriculture
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the context of climate change mitigation and poverty reduction, it has been argued that biogas energy is relevant, as it is economically and ecologically useful. In the 1980s, biogas use played an…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- Biogas
- socio-economic aspects
- policy
- rural women
- household income studies
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- Burundi
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordImproving tolerance to heat stress is a major challenge in many C3 crops given the threat of global warming. Populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) tolerant and sensitive to summer…Publication Date 2011
- plant physiology
- climate change
- global warming
- temperature
- Fv/Fm
- hydrogen peroxide
- high temperature stress
- Lolium perenne
- population difference
- C3 grass
- Yamanashi Dairy Agricultural Station
- Japan
- Library Collection Record1. Plant-plant interactions are known to vary with changing environmental conditions; however, we have little empirical knowledge of the impact of abrupt environmental changes on millennial scale…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- palaeoecology
- management
- grasses
- modelling
- community dynamics
- ecosystem changes
- abrupt climate change
- alternative stable states
- community dynamics
- competition
- facilitation
- fire
- herbivore density
- nitrogen availability
- plant population
- Tree-grass coexistence
- England
- Library Collection Record1. Global change is likely to alter plant community structure, with consequences for the structure and functioning of the below-ground community and potential feedbacks to climate change.…Publication Date 2010
- climate change
- soils
- bacteria:fungi ratio
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon cycling
- leaf traits
- nutrient cycling
- plant growth strategy
- relative growth rate
- root traits
- soil microbial community structure
- ScotlandÂ
- Library Collection RecordThe notion of a threshold of dangerous climate change has been central to national and international efforts to address climate risks. However, the focus on a single target has now become an obstacle…Publication Date 2014
- Dangerous Climate Change
- Climate Risk Management
- Climate Policy
- Risk Perception
- mitigation
- adaptation
- socio-economic aspects
- climate change
- global warming
- management
- Library Collection Record1. Successful poleward shifts of plant species ranges as a result of climate change will depend on interactions between migrating species and the communities they invade. Although poleward migration…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- grasslands
- seeds
- germination
- ecosystem ecology
- Brachypodium pinnatum
- Bromus erectus
- invader phenology
- invasion resistance
- plant-climate interactions
- resource availability
- seed provenance
- soil heterogeneity
- summer drought
- winter warming
- northern England
- Library Collection RecordOn the main Japanese island of Honshu, bark or sawdust is often added to cattle excreta as part of the composting process. Dairy farmers sometimes need to dispose of manure that is excess to their…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- Compost
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- global warming
- soils
- ANOVA
- modelling
- Honshu
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordMany regions of the globe are experiencing a simultaneous change in the dominant plant functional type and regional climatology. We explored how atmospheric temperature and precipitation control leaf…Publication Date 2013
- eddy covariance
- landscape position
- mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
- photosynthesis
- plant-climate interactions
- semi-arid
- temperature optima
- Vegetation Change
- woody plant encroachment
- indigenous encroaching species
- climate change
- temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon flux
- rainfall
- grasslands
- savanna
- carbon dioxide
- San Pedro River
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection Record1. Models predict that the duration and intensity of drought will increase under future climate regimes. Although semi-arid grasslands are adapted to moisture limitation, the sensitivity of semi-arid…Publication Date 2011
- gracilis
- climate change
- dominant species
- drought
- grassland
- plant species composition
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation manipulation
- shortgrass steppe
- Colorado
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe temporal variability of river and soil water affects society at time scales ranging from hourly to decadal. The available water (AW), i.e., precipitation minus evapotranspiration, represents the…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- rainfall
- water availability
- climate projections
- Droughts
- CMIP5
- Flood
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming in response to accumulation of human-induced greenhouse gases inside the atmosphere has already caused several visible consequences, among them increase of the Earth's mean…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- global warming
- Ocean warming
- land ice melt
- sea level rise
- regional variability
- coastal impacts
- shoreline erosion
- Library Collection RecordLiterature shows that at a global scale, fire activity increased from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present. There is incremental evidence indicating that climate defines the regional boundary…Publication Date 2009
- palaeoecology
- fire ecology
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Past studies of first and last occurrence dates of phenological events have revealed close associations with climatic parameters. Consequently, it is widely acknowledged that recent…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- quantitative data analysis
- statistical analysis
- multivariate analysis
- sample size
- ecology
- Library Collection Record1. Climate change will cause changes in average temperature and precipitation as well as increased fluctuations around the mean, yet few studies have considered the impacts of altered climate…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- temperature
- rainfall
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- climate change
- elasticity
- Life History
- matrix models
- mixed-grass prairie
- short-lived perennial
- stochastic demography
- Kansas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordArid and semi-arid areas occupy an increasing fraction of the Earth's surface. Legume floras exist for most of these areas, but there is little information as to whether the plants nodulate and…Publication Date 2010
- Arid Areas
- legumes
- soil nitrogen
- soil nutrition
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordBackground: A key current issue in studies of global CO2 is the cause of the recent pronounced changes in the timing (phase) and amplitude of its annual cycle. Aim: To use a sensitivity analysis in…Publication Date 2011
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- carbon dioxide cycle
- Library Collection RecordLand degradation in drylands is one of the major environmental issues of the 21st century particularly due to its impact on world food security and environmental quality. Climate change, shifts in…Publication Date 2010
- drylands
- Ecogeomorphology
- land degradation
- sediment transport
- Vegetation patterns
- degradation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- erosion
- land use
- management
- Library Collection Record1. Life table response experiment (LTRE) analyses have been widely used to examine the sources of differences in the long-term deterministic growth rate (r = log ?) of stage-structured populations…Publication Date 2010
- Anthyllis vulneraria
- climate change
- life table response experiment (LTRE)
- population growth
- stochastic elasticities
- vegetation dynamics
- fertility
- plant production
- soil depth
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordPlant-soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics, the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial ecosystems respond to…Publication Date 2013
- vegetation dynamics
- plant-soil interactions
- Alien invasive species
- community dynamics
- succesion
- climate change
- biodiversity
- restoration
- ecosystem services
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordStable global temperatures of the last 10–15 years have been a topic of considerable discussion. A new proxy extension of the global temperature record enables better placement of this feature in a…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- global temperature
- global warming
- global cooling
- Tambora
- Indonesia
- Library Collection RecordSedimentary charcoal records document changes in fire regime. We have identified 67 sites (30 sites with better than millennial resolution) which have records for some part of the Last Glacial to…Publication Date 2010
- fire ecology
- palaeobotany
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordNearly all climate scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do not know or do not believe that a scientific consensus has been reached. That such…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- communication
- United States
- Library Collection RecordNinety-four sites worldwide have sufficient resolution and dating to document the impact of millennial-scale climate variability on vegetation and fire regimes during the last glacial period.…Publication Date 2010
- palaeobotany
- climate change
- vegetation dynamics
- Library Collection RecordNitrous oxide (N2O) makes the single largest contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from UK and European Union agriculture. Ambitious government targets for GHG mitigation are leading to the…Publication Date 2013
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- management
- soil conditions
- Economic Aspects
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordSmoke from wildfires has adverse biological and social consequences, and various lines of evidence suggest that smoke from wildfires in the future may be more intense and widespread, demanding that…Publication Date 2014
- modelling
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- climate change
- smoke transport
- feedbacks
- coupled models
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Plants occupying wide altitudinal gradients may be adapted to their altitude of origin. Upward expansion of lowland populations in response to climate change might therefore facilitate…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- temperature
- grasslands
- altitude
- global warming
- Library Collection RecordDecision makers, planners and researchers have identified the need to assess the effects of climate change on biodiversity, resulting in extensive research across a number of fields. The availability…Publication Date 2010
- managementbiodiversity
- climate change
- data standards
- information management
- sampling bias
- Endemism
- Library Collection RecordThis paper represents a collaboration by conservation practitioners, ecologists, and climate change scientists to provide specific guidance on local and regional adaptation strategies to climate…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- savanna
- conservation ecology
- climate change
- management
- planning
- restoration ecology
- Pacific Northwest
- USA
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How do recent patterns of drought-induced woody plant mortality in Texas semi-arid savanna compare to the extended drought of the 1950s? Does the relative composition of the woody plant…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- climatic variability
- dieback
- Flash drought
- grazing
- Juniperus
- Legacy effect
- rangelands
- scale
- State transition
- Vegetation Change
- woody encroachment
- drought
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- grazing
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen (N) fertilizers applied on agricultural fields are an important source of nitrous oxide (N2O). The use of coated fertilizer is known to mitigate fertilizer derived N2O emissions; however,…Publication Date 2013
- soil nitrogen
- agriculture
- nitrous oxide
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- urea
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordGrassland biomass is suitable in numerous ways for producing energy. It is well established as feedstock for biogas production. The aim of this review is to summarize current knowledge on suitability…Publication Date 2009
- grasslands
- bioenergy
- Anaerobic digestion
- Biogas
- management
- greenhouse gases
- Economic Aspects
- climate change
- Germany
- Austria
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of climate change are controversial. This paper reviews the effects of climate change on livestock following the theory of global warming. Although, the effects of global warming will not…Publication Date 2010
- climate change
- animal production
- Livestock production systems
- sustainability
- drought
- plant production
- desertification
- Economic Aspects
- management
- agriculture
- global warming
- Library Collection Record1. Climate extremes, such as severe drought, heat waves and periods of heavy rainfall, can have profound consequences for ecological systems and for human welfare. Global climate change is expected…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- Extreme events
- extreme weather
- global change
- plant-climate interactions
- state change
- southwest USA
- Library Collection Record1. Growing recognition of the importance of climate extremes as drivers of contemporary and future ecological dynamics has led to increasing interest in studying these locally and globally important…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- ecosystem sensitivity
- Extreme events
- extreme weather
- global change
- heat wave
- plant-climate interactions
- state change
- thresholds
- ecosystem ecology
- Ecosystem function
- Library Collection RecordPopulations of the common perennial herb Plantago lanceolata L. have been exposed to nearly two decades of summer drought at the Buxton Climate Change Experiment (BCCIL), a controlled manipulation of…Publication Date 2014
- adaptation
- climate change
- drought
- functional traits
- grassland
- plant population and community dynamics
- Plantago lanceolata
- soils
- genetics
- ecosystem ecology
- northern England