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- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- management
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordDavid B. Lindenmayer and Gene E. Likens . CSIRO Publishing , Collingwood , 2010 . xi + 170 pp. Price A $49.95 (paperback). ISBN 9780643096837 .Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordBook Review. No abstract available.Publication Date 2012
- ecosystem processes
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordEdited by David M. Richardson (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, 2011. xix?+?432 pp. Price A$190.00 (hardback). ISBN 978-1-4443-3585-9 (also available in paperback and e-book).Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordBook Review. No abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- deserts
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordWiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, 2010. xxi?+?211 pp. Price A$65.00 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-470-66102-4 (also available in hardback)Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordBook Review. No abstract available.Publication Date 2012
- fire
- soils
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordEdited by M. Scotton, A. Kirmer and B. Krautzer. Padova, Italy:Cooperativa Libraria Editrice UniversitÄ‚ di Padova.2011,Softback,124pp. ISBN 978-88-6129-800-2 (available via http://www.…Publication Date 2012
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordState-of-the art assesment of research on climate change-security links. Severe droughts, damaging floods and mass migration: Climate change is becoming a focal point for security and conflict…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordThis book introduces experimental design and data analysis / interpretation as well as field monitoring skills for both plants and animals. Clearly structured throughout and written in a student-…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordFeatures Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- management
- game
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordFeatures: Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- Library Collection RecordThe structure and composition of savanna vegetation is influenced by resource availability and disturbance. Grasses, a major component of savanna systems, influence the tree-grass balance by…Publication Date 2012
- Acacia karroo
- Acacia nilotica
- Bush encroachment
- competition
- soil nutrients
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestionsHow does heavy grazing change plant community structure, composition and species richness and diversity in an ecotone between grassland and semi-arid shrub steppe-type vegetation? Does…Publication Date 2012
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Is plant species richness, diversity and above-ground standing biomass enhanced after establishing exclosures on communal grazing lands? What factors influence the effectiveness of…Publication Date 2012
- biomass
- Edaphic variables
- native vegetation
- restoration
- Site variables
- Tigray
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannah ecosystems exhibit constant transitions between states dominated by trees and states dominated by a combination of trees and grasses. Transitions between these states are driven by…Publication Date 2012
- Antelope
- habitat management
- herbivore
- herbivory
- savannah ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordBush encroachment is a vegetation dynamic of global interest. This study describes the pattern of succession of bush clumps in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, using a space-for-time substitution.…Publication Date 2012
- Acacia karroo
- Bush encroachment
- plant diversity
- savanna
- woody invasion
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordT. Hoffman, U. Schmiedel & N. JĂźrgens ( eds ). Klaus Hess Publishers , GÄ‚Å›ttingen and Windhoek , 2010 . ISBN 9783933117422 ( hardback). ISBN 9783933117441 (Volumes 1, 2 and 3,…Publication Date 2012
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- soils
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTermites and large herbivores affect African savanna plant communities. Both functional groups are also important for nutrient redistribution across the landscape. We conducted an experiment to study…Publication Date 2012
- beta diversity
- disturbance
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Uganda
- large mammals
- nutrient levels
- savanna
- Termitaria
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe factors that affect resource selection by a foraging herbivore can vary according to the resources or conditions associated with particular levels of organization in the environment, and to the…Publication Date 2012
- bushveld savanna
- forage selection
- foraging behaviour
- foraging hierarchy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordFire is a process that shapes the structure and composition of vegetation in many regions. Species in these regions have presumably evolved life-history strategies that allow success in fire-prone…Publication Date 2012
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- fire
- growth
- plant functional traits
- savanna
- shifts in abundance
- topkill
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTrait-based community assembly theory suggests that trait variation among co-occurring species is shaped by two main processes: abiotic filtering, important in stressful environments and promoting…Publication Date 2012
- abiotic filtering
- bottom-up control
- community assembly
- competition
- functional diversity
- grasses
- grasshoppers
- herbivores
- savannas
- top-down control
- trait dispersion
- trophic interactions
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe vegetation cover in Gadarif Region, Sudan, underwent drastic changes within the last 60 years because of the combined effect of anthropogenic and climatic factors. As a consequence, a large…Publication Date 2012
- agricultural land
- Ethnobotany
- farmers
- Gadarif Region
- Plant Species
- North Africa
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas constitute strategy for biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately, these sanctuaries of biodiversity are submitted to a high human pressure in Togo. This study carried out in the Alé…Publication Date 2012
- vegetation
- diversity
- Pressure
- management
- Togo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIt has been proposed that, across broad spatial scales, climatic factors are the main drivers of ecological patterns, while biotic factors are mainly important at local spatial scales. However, few…Publication Date 2012
- diversity patterns
- herbivory
- plant–herbivore interactions
- Quaternary climate change
- resource–consumer relationships
- savanna species
- Speciation
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1.?Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas…Publication Date 2012
- savanna
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- fire ecology
- day-length
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- fire
- frost
- growth rate
- savanna tree phenology
- temperature
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTermites and large herbivores represent important functional groups in savanna ecosystems. Termites affect vegetation far beyond their mounds. In addition, large herbivores feed selectively on…Publication Date 2012
- disturbance
- landscape heterogeneity
- large herbivores
- Macrotermes
- plant–herbivore interaction
- soil fertility
- temporal dynamics
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouthern Africa has been recognised as one of the most interesting and important areas of the world from an ecological and evolutionary point of view. The establishment and development of the…Publication Date 2012
- conservation targets
- data combinations
- ecoinformatics
- locality confidence
- species bias
- Turboveg
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordUganda is vulnerable to climate change as most of its agriculture is rain-fed, agriculture is also the backbone of the economy, and the livelihoods of many people depend upon it. Variability in…Publication Date 2012
- climate risks
- crop production
- seasonal characteristics
- agrometeorological
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordChanging land cover is a phenomenon that is growing in magnitude and significance, both globally and in South Africa. Changes in land cover include the conversion of natural vegetation to…Publication Date 2012
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa conservation is still largely framed in terms of Western scientific values, with a focus on material benefits to local communities, whilst little is known about the intangible values…Publication Date 2012
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article evaluated the plausible causes of floods and droughts, the relative roles of large-scale climate variability in regional environmental trends, and the prospects for the future of the…Publication Date 2012
- climate variability
- Trend Analysis
- Empirical SPI
- BEST Index
- PDO Index
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBased on ethnographic research among rural Diola in Guinea-Bissau, I provide a broad view of the history and interpenetration of rice in social, political, religious, and ecological domains, while…Publication Date 2012
- Rural development
- Green Revolution
- Diola
- Guinea-Bissau
- agrarian societies
- climate change
- North Africa
- Guinea-Bissau
- Library Collection RecordInvestigating the life history strategy of an African savanna tree, Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (marula) Chantal Vinisia Helm Abstract Lack of understanding of the life history attributes and…Publication Date 2012
- elephant
- fire
- growth
- mortality
- recruitment
- regeneration
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWhat underlies species distribution and species coexistence has long been of key interest in community ecology. Several methods and theories have been used to address this question. However, it still…Publication Date 2012
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- national park
- conservation
- management
- community ecology
- savanna
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe thesis seeks to understand how emerging communities borne out of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe have been able to ensure social cohesion and social service provision using farm…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- Emerging communities
- Challenges
- Fast Track Land Reform Programme
- Economic crisis
- social networks
- Farm committees
- Irrigation committees
- Health committees
- Mazowe district
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- politics
- management
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIndigenous woody species are important natural resources in West African savannas. Information about their population structures and response to human impact, particularly land use, however, is…Publication Date 2012
- Benin
- disturbance
- human impact
- size-class distribution
- West Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe agricultural component of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) programme in Ghana, consistent with the country's Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP) promotes the…Publication Date 2012
- Tobit regression
- commercialization
- agriculture
- smallholder farmers
- subsistence agriculture
- Economic Aspects
- policies
- North Africa
- Ghana
- Library Collection RecordWith the first democratic elections, there was a great need to rebuild the South African (SA) economy. Some of the major pressing issues that needed priority included addressing the high poverty and…Publication Date 2012
- Land reform programme
- land tenure
- poverty alleviation
- smallholder farmers
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe current study was undertaken to evaluate the chemical composition, in vitro dry matter degradation and gas production of four browse species (Azadirachta indica, Ficus exasperate, Synedrella…Publication Date 2012
- browse plants
- gas production
- In vitro degradation
- methane emission
- North Africa
- Nigeria
- Library Collection RecordTef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)Trotter] is an ancient and major cereal crop in Ethiopia. Increasing tef yield partly requires developing cultivars that are tolerant to low moisture supply. An experiment…Publication Date 2012
- tef
- Eragrostis tef
- grain yield
- drought tolerance indices
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions Do Acacia tortilis trees facilitate herbaceous species development under arid conditions? Do tree–herb interactions change with water stress and grazing intensity? Location National Park…Publication Date 2012
- Arid Areas
- Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana
- grazing
- Herb composition
- microclimate
- Soil enrichment
- water stress
- water availability
- savanna
- drought
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestion What are the relationships between edaphic factors, fire regime and woody vegetation structure and composition in savannas at landscape to regional scales? Location The Transboundary ‘Wâ…Publication Date 2012
- MODIS
- Multivariate analyses
- Niger
- prescribed fire
- remote sensing
- Savanna woody vegetation
- W Regional Park
- Niger
- West Africa
- Library Collection RecordSustaining soil and water resources for improved agricultural production requires improved capacity of relevant stakeholders. The study aimed to ascertain this capacity in terms of perceived…Publication Date 2012
- soil and water conservation
- practices
- farmers
- extension agents
- North Africa
- Eastern Nigeria
- Library Collection RecordTraditional smallholder farming systems are characterized by low yields and high risks of crop failure and food insecurity. Through a biophysical model, PARCHED-THIRST and a socio-economic farming…Publication Date 2012
- farming systems
- food security
- gross margin
- simulation
- vulnerability
- Olifants River Basin
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the small scale farmers for the production year 2006/2007 in Limpopo province using policy analysis matrix. A total of twelve production systems…Publication Date 2012
- Policy analysis matrix
- small-scale farmers
- efficiency
- South Africa
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