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- Library Collection RecordFood plant selection by herbivorous mammals and by harvester ants Messor capensis was compared for three sites differing in past and present management in the southern Karoo, South Africa. At all…Publication Date 1993
- ecology
- seeds
- insects
- grazing
- management
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- degradation
- 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 RecordWhat is overgrazing? Does it cause soil erosion? The recent debate from the ecological literature is reviewed as background to the debate on overgrazing and soil erosion. This debate stresses the…Publication Date 2004
- soil erosion
- Over Grazing
- Communal lands
- equilibrium and non-equilibrium theory
- South Africa
- grazing
- communal farming
- Abandoned lands
- rangeland condition
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA paired site study was conducted of communally grazed eutrophic and dystrophic grasslands and adjacent ungrazed areas of varying periods of exclusion from communal grazing. This allowed…Publication Date 1999
- grasslands
- grazing
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- animal production
- plant production
- biodiversity
- Africa
- 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 RecordSavannas are the most extensive biome in the tropics. These extremely dynamic coupled socio-ecological ecosystems are shaped by a long history of interaction with humans, fire, climate and wildlife,…Publication Date 2010
- savanna
- biodiversity
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- socio-economic aspects
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study, which was part of a larger grazing-systems experiment, was to investigate the cumulative impact of three levels of grazing intensity on sward production, utilization and…Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- management
- cows
- dry matter
- plant production
- Economic Aspects
- post-grazing sward height
- tiller density
- rejected area
- leaf yield
- Lolium perenne
- Ireland
- Co. Cork
- Ireland
- Library Collection RecordAnts are a prominent invertebrate group used to assess ecological change in response to disturbance. Their application as a bioindicator group has been particularly widespread in Australia, and a…Publication Date 2010
- Ants
- grazing
- Bioindicator
- land management
- Global patterns
- insects
- grasslands
- rangeland condition
- disturbance
- management
- Australia
- 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 RecordPlant facilitation (positive plant-plant interactions) strongly influences biodiversity, structure, and dynamics in plant communities, and the topic has received considerable attention among…Publication Date 2010
- Arid and semi-arid rangelands
- Habitat modification
- Resource balance hypothesis
- wind erosion
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- grazing
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordOn rangelands, uneven or unmanaged livestock distribution can adversely affect plant community composition, riparian function, or displace wildlife. These issues have historic precedents and are…Publication Date 2009
- range management
- grazing behaviour
- forage selection
- standing crop
- management
- grasslands
- plant production
- forage quality
- cattle
- grazing
- Burns
- Oregon
- USA
- Library Collection RecordVariation in functional community composition is expected to influence the extent of exotic species invasions. Yet, whether resident functional groups control invasion through their relative biomass…Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- biotic resistance
- invasion ecology
- mass ratio hypothesis
- phenological niches
- rank abundance
- removal experiment
- subadditive effect
- grasslands
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Flooding Pampa grassland
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordFirst page of Land, Food, and Biodiversity Agriculture currently occupies over 40% of Earth's land area and consumes 70% of available freshwater. Production systems have increased food output in…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- animal production
- plant production
- Economic Aspects
- ecology
- conservation
- land use
- management
- Library Collection Record1. Plant diversity has profound effects on primary production. Plant diversity has been shown to correlate with increased primary production in nutrient-limited grassland ecosystems. This…Publication Date 2010
- ecosystem ecology
- grassland
- biodiversity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem functioning
- niche differentiation
- Nutrient depletion
- root ecology
- root interactions
- species interactions
- soil nutrients
- soil organic matter
- plant production
- Library Collection RecordWith ever-increasing human pressure on ecosystems, it is critically important to predict how ecosystem functions will respond to such human-induced perturbations. We define perturbations as either…Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- ecological thresholds
- environment
- evolution
- interaction network
- perturbation
- species traits
- stability
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines if post-fire deferment and periodic rests provided by rotational grazing allowed for more rapid recovery of soil cover, soil chemical and physical parameters, and vegetation…Publication Date 2010
- grazing management
- infiltration
- prescribed burning
- soil health
- summer fire
- rangeland restoration
- Soil Condition
- management
- grazing
- fire ecology
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- Texas
- USA
- 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 RecordDioecious plants frequently face sex-related resource allocation trade-offs. Differential traits of male and female plants can have important consequences that influence their direct and indirect…Publication Date 2013
- arid ecosystems
- dioecy
- life-history traits
- O-ring statistics
- plant-herbivore interactions
- plant-plant interactions
- sex ratio
- Sexual dimorphism
- spatial pattern
- trade-offs
- grasslands
- grazing
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Patagonian steppe
- south-western Chubut
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordWe review the relevance and use of stable isotopes for the study of plant community succession. Stable isotope measurements provide information on the origin of resources acquired by plants, the…Publication Date 2011
- ecosystem ecology
- plant community
- succession
- isotypes
- soil nutrients
- soil organic matter
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- species richness
- fire ecology
- 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 RecordThough biological invasion studies have proliferated in recent decades, a consistent emphasis remains on the study of single-species invasions. Here, we juxtapose the number of invasive plants…Publication Date 2013
- Alien invasive species
- conservation ecology
- management
- Co-occurring invasives
- Ecosystem hijacking
- Invader-invader interactions
- Invasional meltdown
- Not-knowing-doing gap
- The Nature Conservancy
- Library Collection RecordAnthropogenic acid deposition–induced soil acidification is one of the major threats to biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services. Few studies, however, have explored in detail how above-…Publication Date 2013
- base mineral cations
- nitrogen cycling
- plant species richness
- plant-soil (below-ground) interactions
- productivity
- semi-arid steppe
- soil aluminium ions
- soil microbial organisms
- soil nematodes
- structural equation modelling
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- Ecosystem function
- soils
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of humic substances on the nutrient uptake, herbage production and nutritive value of herbage from sown grass pastures was studied in six field experiments. Commercial humic substances…Publication Date 2010
- fodder production
- management
- pastures
- fertiliser
- dry matter
- humic substances
- leonardite
- grass
- yield
- nutrients
- nutritive value
- Belgium
- Library Collection RecordDistance to grazing hotspots like watering points or farms is regularly used as proxy for grazing intensity in extended rangelands. In many studies the resulting patterns between distance and grazing…Publication Date 2010
- Ecological threshold
- Grazing hotspot
- piosphere
- rangelands
- state and transition model
- trampling
- grazing
- livestock
- management
- Library Collection Record1. Spatially explicit understanding of the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (ES) from global to local scales is currently limited. New studies analysing the simultaneous provision of multiple…Publication Date 2011
- of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem services
- functional trade-offs
- landscape modelling
- mountain grassland management
- plant functional traits
- management
- grassland
- modelling
- ecosystem services
- policy
- land use
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- plant functional traits
- Central French Alps
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the long-term effects on sward composition and animal performance of applying different fertilizer regimes to upland permanent pasture. The experiment, which was carried out…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- grazing
- animal production
- fertilizer
- Extensification
- sheep
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- liveweight gain
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Several multi-year biodiversity experiments have shown positive species richness-productivity relationships which strengthen over time, but the mechanisms which control productivity are not…Publication Date 2013
- biomass production
- Community mean traits
- environmental filtering
- functional diversity
- niche differentiation
- Species identity
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- species richness
- plant production
- ecosystem ecology
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordThe expected outcome of weed control in natural systems is that the decline of a dominant weed will result in an increase in diversity of the plant community but this has seldom been tested. Here we…Publication Date 2009
- Centaurea diffusa
- Larinus minutus
- weed biocontrol
- Invasive species treadmill
- ecological restoration
- Bromus spp.
- diversity
- biodiversity
- species richness
- Weeds
- insects
- Alien invasive species
- vegetation dynamics
- biological control
- restoration ecology
- White Lake
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordA simulation model was used to determine the ecological and economic consequences of managing stocking rate on semi-arid savanna rangeland continuously stocked with livestock to achieve the alternate…Publication Date 2009
- continuous grazing
- ranching systems
- range condition
- semi-arid
- stocking rates
- sustainability
- Economic Aspects
- grazing
- savanna
- rangeland condition
- management
- rainfall
- indigenous encroaching species
- animal production
- modelling
- plant production
- Library Collection RecordThis study aimed to estimate green herbage biomass (GBM) and crude protein (CP) concentrations of a mixed-sown pasture in Hokkaido, Japan using ground based hyperspectral measurements and…Publication Date 2011
- plant production
- fodder quality
- pastures
- management
- grazing
- geostatistical analysis
- herbage biomass
- Herbage Quality
- hyperspectral measurement
- mapping
- Hokkaido
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordReserve site selection models can be enhanced by including habitat conditions that populations need for food, shelter, and reproduction. We present a new population protection function that…Publication Date 2013
- Reserve design
- Life history-based protection
- Spatial optimization
- 0-1 Programming
- conservation
- planning
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- modelling
- Lopez Island
- United States
- Library Collection RecordI consider the possibility that people engaged in conservation and management of species and ecosystems are experiencing grief related to ongoing loss of species, assemblages, ecosystem integrity,…Publication Date 2013
- grieving process
- Hope
- polarized debate
- restoration ecology
- management
- social aspects
- conservation
- Library Collection Record1. While positive effects of biodiversity on temporal stability of communities have been demonstrated in theoretical and empirical studies, diversity -stability relationships at the population level…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- covariance
- plant population and community dynamics
- population stability
- synchrony
- temporal stability
- species richness
- plant production
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordThe ingression of woody plants into savannas, known as bush or shrub encroachment, has become a global concern. Fire has been acknowledged as a key factor in managing woody vegetation in savannas.…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- savanna
- fire
- management
- grasslands
- old fields
- herbivores
- fire ecology
- Aulendorf
- Baden-Württemberg
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordTo elucidate the cessation impacts of agricultural management on a semi-natural grassland ecosystem, effects of grazing and burning on species composition of vascular plants were investigated in Mt.…Publication Date 2014
- management
- agriculture
- grasslands
- grazing
- fire ecology
- species richness
- Agricultural disuse
- environmental gradient analysis
- scale dependent
- soil physical conditions
- volcanic ash soil
- Mt. Aso
- Japan
- 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 RecordPastoral-based animal production systems are under increasing pressure to provide the high quantity and quality of feed needed for optimal ruminant performance. The capacity of farmers to increase…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- greenhouse gases
- management
- plant production
- forage breeding
- fitness
- pasture persistence
- trait expression
- respiration
- cultivar evaluation
- forage quality
- breeding targets
- WSC
- environmental impact
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordPredicting species composition in mixed swards by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) can save labour in grassland research, provided equations are available. This study compares…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- management
- near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- botanical composition
- Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
- Trifolium repens L.
- calibration
- Merelbeke
- Belgium
- Library Collection RecordForage legumes have the potential to contribute substantially to warm-season, subtropical and tropical pastures and rangelands. Compared to grasses, they have advantages in accessing subsoil…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- legumes
- forage ecology
- nutrients
- management
- agriculture
- nutritional value
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordKnowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable management. This axiom raises two important questions: (1) what knowledge is the most important to develop and (2…Publication Date 2010
- Planned burn
- prescribed fire
- wildfire
- Policy Implications
- Management actions
- fire ecology
- management
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordSmooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.), meadow bromegrass (Bromus riparius Rehm.) and hybrid bromegrass (B. riparius x B. inermis) are widely used for hay and pasture in temperate regions of the…Publication Date 2011
- pastures
- plant production
- management
- plant physiology
- grasses
- Bromegrass
- defoliation
- etiolated regrowth
- remobilization of stored reserves
- Saskatoon
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Early detection of emerging invasive plants depends on maximizing the probability of detecting new populations. Repeated surveys along a gradient of environmental conditions or in areas…Publication Date 2014
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- management
- Colonisation
- Emerging invaders
- Goldenrod
- management
- non-native species
- Weed risk assessment
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Habitat fragmentation is one of the most important causes for the decline of plant species. However, plants differing in phylogeny, habitat requirements and biology are likely to respond…Publication Date 2013
- CSR-strategies
- Naturally rare species
- Plant conservation
- Recently rare species
- species traits
- Taxonomic position
- disrturbance
- restoration ecology
- degradation
- management
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last few decades, many regions have experienced major land use transformations, often driven by human activities. Assessing and evaluating these changes requires consistent data over time…Publication Date 2010
- Dryland observation
- scale
- Time series analysis
- NOAA AVHRR
- Landsat TM/ETM+
- remote sensing
- land use
- monitoring
- NOAA
- management
- Greece
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of biodiversity decline throughout Europe. Agri-environment schemes governed by EU regulation are a significant tool in combating this decline but…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- agriculture
- policy
- grasslands
- Conservation effectiveness
- Conservation Policy
- Farmland biodiversity
- Management contract
- Spatial conservation prioritization
- Zonation software
- Europe
- 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 RecordIncreasing plant species diversity in grasslands may improve productivity and stability of yields. In a field experiment, we investigated the herbage dry-matter (DM) yield and crude protein content…Publication Date 2014
- plant production
- grasslands
- Dry Matter Yield
- legumes
- management
- fertiliser
- soil fertility
- multispecies mixtures
- cutting
- grazing
- grass-clover
- Trifolium pratense
- Trifolium repens
- Jutland
- Denmark
- Library Collection RecordDespite a good understanding on how dispersal in space structures plant communities in fragmented landscapes, we know little about dispersal in time. Empirical evidence on temporal dispersal - the…Publication Date 2013
- grasslands
- seed banks
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- Diversity partitioning
- Historical ecology
- seed bank
- Semi-natural grassland
- species diversity
- Storage effect
- Lake Mälaren
- central Sweden
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of summer-to-winter simulated grazing management factors, namely defoliation interval (INT: 21, 42, 56 or 84 d), defoliation height (DH: 2·7, 3·6, 5·3 or 6·0 cm) and final defoliation…Publication Date 2014
- grazing
- management
- plant production
- fodder production
- pastures
- white clover
- perennial ryegrass
- defoliation
- Interval
- height
- closing date
- Ireland
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