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- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands Atlas has been developed to document and raise awareness on the enormous environmental, economic and social value of rangelands as well as their different ecosystems. It highlights…Publication Date 2021
- atlas data
- Environmental
- economic
- social values
- climate change
- land use
- conversion
- investment
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordProtein supplements and polyethylene glycol increased juniper intake by small ruminants in all seasons except fall, when PSM concentrations were greatest. Terpenes were affected by season and sapling…Publication Date 2018-10
- goats
- phenology
- plant secondary metabolites
- protein supplementation
- sheep
- targeted grazing
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Poisonous plants on western North American rangelands have historically been troublesome to livestock producers. • Research on toxic plants was initiated by the United States…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- poisonous plants
- cattle
- sheep
- livestock
- toxic
- plant secondary compounds
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Impermanence syndrome involves farmer apprehension or uncertainty about the future and leads to disinvestment in an agricultural operation as well as erosion of producer confidence…Publication Date 2014-04-01
- impermanence syndrome
- ranching
- public lands
- Southwestern United States
- disinvestment
- US–Mexico border
- land use
- cattle Industry
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Loss of grasslands to shrublands continues. • Demand for livestock products is expected to continue to grow. • Increased demand for red meat may stimulate rangeland livestock…Publication Date 2014-04-01
- cattle
- goats
- grasslands
- secondary plant metabolites
- sheep
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordAlthough human influence across rural landscapes is often discussed, interactions between the native, natural systems and human activities are challenging to measure explicitly. We assessed the…Publication Date 2014-03
- Anthropogenic inuence
- land use
- noxious weeds
- sagebrush steppe
- semiarid ecosystem
- semiarid ecosystem
- species distributions
- Library Collection RecordAlthough human influence across rural landscapes is often discussed, interactions between the native, natural systems and human activities are challenging to measure explicitly. We assessed the…Publication Date 2014-03
- Anthropogenic inuence
- land use
- noxious weeds
- sagebrush steppe
- semiarid ecosystem
- semiarid ecosystem
- species distributions
- Library Collection RecordThe quality of the landscape is declining in many grassland and savanna areas of Africa as a consequence of woody plant encroachment. We investigated the changes in vegetation at selected sites on…Publication Date 2014
- Vegetation Change
- grasslands
- savanna
- degradation
- Bush encroachment
- land use
- soils
- rainfall
- temperature
- climate change
- carbon dioxide
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of correcting indigestible neutral detergent fibre (iNDF) for the loss of lignin in predictions of silage organic matter digestibility (OMD).…Publication Date 2014
- silage
- plant nutritive value
- forage quality
- cattle
- sheep
- management
- faecal samples
- grass
- indigestible neutral detergent fibre
- in vivo digestibility
- lignin
- red clover
- Jokioinen
- Finland
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the effect of changes in land use and land tenure on bush encroachment and vegetation condition. An analysis of aerial photographs from three time steps (1949, 1985 and 2004) was used to…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- land use
- land tenure
- degradation
- aeiral phtographs
- commonage
- commercial agriculture
- rangeland condition
- goats
- browsing
- rangeland condition
- Fort Beaufort
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMutualism between plants and animals demonstrates that grazing has positive impacts on plant growth. Animal saliva plays an important role in plant–herbivore interactions, and various salivary…Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- management
- plant removal
- plant-herbivore interactions
- compensation
- Leymus chinensis
- sheep
- epidermal growth factor
- thiamine
- late-growing season
- China
- Library Collection RecordUsing an analysis of aerial photographs from 1942, 1985 and 2004 we assessed the impact of changing land tenure and land-use regimes on the cover of thicket vegetation on the Grahamstown commonage.…Publication Date 2014
- bush encroahcment
- land use
- management
- Aerial Photographs
- goats
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- grasses
- shrubs
- degradation
- Grahamstown
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership (SVPP) is a forum for stakeholder reporting and working together to perpetuate naturally functioning ecosystems while preserving the rural, grassland character…Publication Date 2014
- land use
- land management
- land
- land use planning
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordChilean needle grass [Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth; CNG] is a perennial spear grass that has invaded pastures in south-eastern Australia and can lead to a substantial reduction of…Publication Date 2014
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- grazing management
- pasture management
- sheep
- Weeds
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- animal production
- Herbicide
- soils
- seeds
- Austrailia
- Library Collection RecordQuestions Does epizoochorous dispersal via sheep lead to the establishment of populations of sandy grassland species on newly created, managed restoration sites on sandy bare soil? Do epizoochorously…Publication Date 2014
- Festuco-Brometea
- Functional connectivity
- habitat fragmentation
- Koelerio-Corynephoretea
- Post-dispersal fate
- seed dispersal
- seed rain
- sheep grazing
- Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices (SADIE)
- soil seed bank
- seed bank
- sheep
- grazing
- releves
- restoration ecology
- grassland
- Upper Rhine Valley
- Germany
- Library Collection Record
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Abstract not availablePublication Date 2014- land use
- land ownership
- land management
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of sexual reproduction in tussock grasses that regenerate through vegetative growth is unclear. Festuca gracillima Hook. f. was studied as a model because it is a perennial tussock-…Publication Date 2013-03-01
- demography
- Festuca gracillima
- rangelands
- sexual reproduction
- sheep
- soil seed bank
- Library Collection RecordThe loss of biodiversity, one of the major environmental problems of our times, is currently attracting worldwide interest. Examples are the World Conference on Biodiversity in Nagoya 2010 and…Publication Date 2013
- Levels of biodiversity
- landscape metrics
- species diversity
- land use
- Landscape diversity
- Germany
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We describe a novel dissimilarity framework to analyse spatial patterns of species diversity and illustrate it with alien plant invasions in Northern Portugal. We used this framework to test…Publication Date 2013
- Alien invasive species
- Dispersal corridors
- Environmental distances
- Geographic distances
- Multi-model inference
- Residence time
- Species composition and richness
- restoration ecology
- species diversity
- climate
- land use
- degradation
- management
- Northern Portugal
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Quantifying the association of plant functional traits to environmental gradients is a promising approach for understanding and projecting community responses to land use and climatic…Publication Date 2013
- connectivity
- Drought-stress
- Habitat filtering
- limiting similarity
- Null models
- plant height
- Seed mass
- Seed number
- Specific leaf area (SLA)
- plant functional traits
- land use
- climate
- ecosystem ecology
- drought
- plant production
- Southern Judean Lowlands
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordThe paper gives an overview on the trends in the usage of landscape metrics as indicators for: land use changes, habitat functions (biodiversity, habitats), landscape regulating functions (fire…Publication Date 2013
- land use
- biodiversity
- habitat
- fire ecology
- laqndscape metrics
- ecosystem services
- Library Collection RecordSpecies richness of plants generally decreases along elevational gradients or peaks at intermediate elevations. Land use including grazing by wild and domestic herbivores also affects plant…Publication Date 2013
- beta diversity
- buffering
- climate warming
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- herbivory
- homogenization
- land use
- species richness
- stability
- turnover
- globale warming
- grazing
- Norway
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Rangelands encompass 30–40% of Earth's land surface and support 1 to 2 billion people. Their predominant use is extensive livestock production by pastoralists and ranchers. But…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- Globalization
- land use
- livestock production
- stewardship
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming is one of the most profound challenges for human beings during the 21st century. The world's leading scientists have identified that warming of the climate system is unequivocal,…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- global warming
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- soils
- land use
- management
- carbon sequestration
- modelling
- monitoring
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordSemi-natural grasslands, biodiversity hotspots in Central-Europe, suffer from the cessation of traditional land-use. Amount and intensity of these changes challenge current monitoring frameworks…Publication Date 2013
- Biodiversity exploratories
- Biological conservation
- (Semi-natural) Grasslands
- plant functional traits
- indicators
- land-use intensity
- conservation ecology
- biodiversity
- land use
- monitoring
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe total area of abandoned and fallow agricultural fields in Japan has been increasing annually. The change in agricultural land use can alter belowground carbon (C) stocks associated with changes…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- land use
- soil carbon
- carbon sinks
- carbon sequestration
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have numerous effects on temperate grassland ecosystems, but prairie restorations are frequently located in sites with depauperate AMF communities. In this…Publication Date 2013
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- dark septate endophytes
- little bluestem
- sand prairie
- smooth brome
- restoration ecology
- soils
- fungi
- grasslands
- land use
- La Crosse
- Wisconsin
- USA
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the spatial distribution and variability of soil texture is essential for land use planning and other activities related to agricultural management and environmental protection. This…Publication Date 2013
- soil texture
- land use
- management
- agriculture
- environmental protection
- remote sensing
- mapping
- PingduShandong China
- Library Collection RecordLarge areas of alpine pastures and meadows currently face declining land use or abandonment, which leads to tall-grass transition ecosystems with higher leaf area index (LAI), potentially increased…Publication Date 2013
- land use
- soil moisture
- runoff
- grassland
- grazing
- plant production
- carbon dioxide
- Economic Aspects
- Swiss Alps
- Library Collection RecordCarbon storage in vegetation and soil underpins climate regulation through carbon sequestration. Because plant species differ in their ability to capture, store and release carbon, the collective…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon sequestration
- carbon dioxide
- soils
- land use
- Chaco forest
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordSeveral studies have demonstrated that seed mass is related to different environmental factors. However, they have taken no account of the joint effects of spatial and phylogenetic information. We…Publication Date 2013
- Elevational gradient
- Phylogenetic autocorrelation
- soil pH
- soil fertility
- spatial autocorrelation
- temperature
- seeds
- grasslands
- climate
- soils
- modelling
- land use
- southern Alps
- Library Collection RecordQuestion How is the magnitude and seasonality of carbon uptake affected by the replacement of native grasslands by eucalyptus plantations? Location RÃo de la Plata Grasslands in Argentina and…Publication Date 2013
- ANPP
- land-use change
- MODIS
- NDVI
- RÃo de la Plata Grasslands
- tree plantations
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- carbon sequestration
- rainfall
- plant production
- land use
- global warming
- management
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Library Collection RecordMuch of the world’s rangeland is dominated by woody species. Competing land uses and continued encroachment of woody species into non-woody-dominated rangelands have reduced grasslands in many parts…Publication Date 2012-11-01
- animal behavior
- cattle
- genetics
- goats
- plant secondary metabolites
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordDung beetles are considered keystone species because of their role in decomposition, seed dispersal, and control of vertebrate parasites in grazed habitats. Despite the ecological importance of this…Publication Date 2012-03-01
- land use
- livestock management
- natural protected areas
- Scarabacoidea
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- land use
- construction
- grasslands
- arable land
- construction
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- pastures
- sheep
- feeds
- quality
- energy value
- protein quality
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- pastures
- sheep
- feeds
- proximate composition
- Feed consumption
- body weight
- body condition
- Library Collection Record"The purpose of this book is to insure a deep appreciation of the eight-valley region in southern Arizona and to raise awareness of the various watershed organizations taking action to improve…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- defoliation
- sheep
- autumn
- grassland management
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How does horse or sheep grazing affect species richness, diversity and functional composition of plant communities in sub-Mediterranean grasslands? What are the implications of grazing…Publication Date 2012
- Dominant species control
- Functional plant traits
- Grazing avoidance
- grazing management
- grazing tolerance
- Plant diversity conservation
- grazing
- sheep
- horses
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- diversity
- Italy
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of global environmental change. Disentangling the relative impact of losses in plant species richness and intensified management on higher trophic level…Publication Date 2012
- Bees
- Ecosystem functions
- fertilization
- grasshoppers
- land use
- mowing
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- control methods
- fires
- rangelands
- Ethiopia
- grazing
- Nature conservation
- biodiversity
- species
- land use
- Library Collection RecordBook of Abstracts. Second International Epizootiology Days [and] (14th Serbian Epizootiology Days), April 18-21st, 2012, Belgrade [Serbia], Петровић, Т. (ed. in chief).- Belgrade = БеогхPublication Date 2012
- sheep
- morbidity
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- sheep
- grazing
- Alps
- abortion
- Experimentation
- Experimentation
- Library Collection RecordIn the last few decades unimproved semi-natural grasslands have been affected by intensification of land use and habitat fragmentation. Because of their biodiversity these species-rich grasslands are…Publication Date 2012
- Rhinanthus minor
- population genetics
- Hemiparasite
- Habitat restoration
- grasslands
- land use
- biodiversity
- conservation
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordRecent declines in biodiversity have given new urgency to questions about the relationship between land-use change, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Despite the existence of a large body of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem functioning
- functional plant group
- land use
- productivity
- species richness
- structural equation modelling
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of conservancies and collaborative nature reserves is often promoted without understanding the impact that such initiatives have on the environment, the wildlife and landowners.…Publication Date 2012
- nature reserve
- management
- game
- livestock
- agriculture
- land use
- conservation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- sheep
- Tickborne diseases
- morbidity
- survival
- grazing
- vectors
- pastures
- weight losses
- animal production
- Land races
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordThe South African government, as part of its efforts to mitigate the effects of the ongoing energy crisis, has proposed that biofuels should form an important part of the country's energy supply…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Alien invasive species
- land use
- management
- policies
- biofuels
- South Africa