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- Library Collection RecordDr. Mike Crimmins discusses the current state of drought in Southeast Arizona and where the region is headed. He examines trends in rainfall within the region. WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1,…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- climate change
- drought
- rainfall
- Arizona
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordThis book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water…Publication Date 2014
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- Composting
- conservation
- no-tillage
- soil carbon
- United States
- water scarcity
- Watershed Restoration
- Library Collection Record“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,†begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands,…Publication Date 2013
- global warming
- climate change
- grasslands
- desertification
- livestock
- subsistence arming
- rural areas
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- revegetation
- system ecology
- United States
- Library Collection RecordOne of the most important issues in natural resources today is the intersection of land management and climate influences on vegetation change and soil erosion. Here at the SNRE, we are very…Publication Date 2013
- land management
- vegetation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- Vegetation Change
- climate influence
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Laboratory
- Library Collection RecordThe study was conducted in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa during the period 2005 to 2009 to investigate factors that affected the decision of small-scale farmers who kept cattle and sheep…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- small-scale cattle and sheep farming
- Binary logistic model
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- management
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor of the University of Queensland Gaton and Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group discuss the ongoing encroachment of woody species in Australia's grasslands. Largely, this is because…Publication Date 2012
- woodlands
- grasslands
- climate change
- Australia
- Queensland
- woodland encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThe beef industry has seen a remarkable transition over the last fifty years. Although, most of the animals are still born and raised by small ranches, the vast majority are processed at an…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- ranching
- cooperatives
- California
- Local Food
- Library Collection RecordThese stories provide examples of how University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (UACE) translates research-based information to help people solve real, everyday problems and improve the quality of…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- grazing management
- ranching
- economics
- profitability
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordOur planet is warming and some types of weather have become more extreme. Does a changing climate affect the frequency or intensity of droughts? It's all explained here in this edition of…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- drought
- temperature
- Precipitation regime
- Library Collection RecordThe team at the National Center of Atmospheric Research explain how global temperature regimes will shift with climate change and the significance of such changes.Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordThe films show two sustainable land management (SLM) technologies that have a proven track record in Africa: Stone Lines and Fanya Juu. The technologies presented can constitute important changes…Publication Date 2011
- Sustainable development
- management
- climate change
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental Law provides a comprehensive and succinct examination of the entire environmental law landscape in South Africa. The second edition includes a new chapter on climate change, and also…Publication Date 2011
- legislation
- climate change
- Environmental impact assessment
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordConservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology…Publication Date 2010
- conservation
- climate change
- socio-economic aspects
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- fire ecology
- invasive species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordBob Henson from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research helps us understand 20th century temperature changes and what this can tell us about the future. (Source: University Corporation…Publication Date 2010
- Climatic change
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordBob Henson from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research helps us understand 20th century temperature changes and what this can tell us about the future. (Source: University Corporation…Publication Date 2010
- Climatic change
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordA thorough understanding of the behavior of fire in grasslands is critical to the minimization of the impact of fires on agricultural and pastoral land as well as the successful management of the…Publication Date 2010
- fire
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- climate change
- fire ecology
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordChanging climate adds a very significant dimension to the complex problem of ensuring that agriculture worldwide can feed the burgeoning human population. Ensuring food security must reduce…Publication Date 2009
- climate change
- plant production
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record
19 Savanna
Savannas are characterized by the coexistence of trees and grasses and occur largely in the seasonal tropics between the equatorial rainforests and mid-latitude desert ecosystems. This article…Publication Date 2008- climate change
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- fire
- grazing
- herbivory
- phenology
- Seasonal tropics
- soils
- Tree and grass competition
- savanna
- ecology
- animal impact
- grasslands
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordCarrying capacity is typically defined as the maximum population size that can be supported indefinitely by a given environment, but there are at least 10 different specific definitions used in basic…Publication Date 2008
- Density dependence
- Law of the minimum
- Logistic population growth model
- population regulation
- population size
- Sustainable yield
- carrying capacity
- cattle
- ecology
- rangelands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate Central research scientist, Dr. Heidi Cullen, and Governor Brian Schweitzer, discuss the changing climate in Montana and its impact on trout fishing and energy consumption, and explore…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- temperature
- Montana
- climate observations
- United States
- Library Collection Record"What We Know for Sure" gives a brief overview of David Keeling's ground-breaking climate research on Maui and the significance of his findings.Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- climate data
- carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gases
- David Keeling
- Hawaii
- Library Collection RecordThe pollen record of the late Pleistocene in Africa is poorly resolved due to the paucity of sites combined with the fragmented nature of most sequences. A vegetation history of the continent can,…Publication Date 2007
- palynology
- Vegetation history
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Biomes
- Tropical rain forest
- savannas
- Arid and semiarid biomes
- Afromontane region
- Mediterranean climate regions
- climate change
- Refugium hypothesis
- palaeoecology
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoenvironmental data
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Late Pleistocene vertebrate record of Africa contributes to our understanding of human evolution and the development of modern biotic environments. This article explores this record, paying…Publication Date 2007
- Africa
- Ancient DNA
- Body size changes
- Bovids
- carnivores
- climate change
- Equids
- Extinctions
- Fossils
- Late Pleistocene
- Madagascar
- mammals
- Mid-Pleistocene
- Modern human origins
- Paleontology
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordRanching is as much a part of the West as its wide-open spaces. The mystique of rugged individualism has sustained this activity well past the frontier era and has influenced how we view—and valueâ…Publication Date 2006
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- cattle
- endangered species
- ranching
- restoration
- United States
- urbanization
- Library Collection RecordThis chapter describes relationships between environmental stress and the reaction of plants thereupon. Plants might react to environmental stress on various levels: on the biochemical, cellular, or…Publication Date 2003
- Autecology
- biodiversity
- character state
- climate change
- ecotoxicology
- effects
- Ellenberg
- flora
- heavy metal
- IEPS
- insecticide
- PAF
- palynology
- photosynthesis
- Synecology
- vascular plants
- vegetation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo Abstract available.Publication Date 2002
- cattle
- sustainability
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe tropics cover 8.2 billion hectares or approximately 40% of the world's land area. These regions are characterized by a large portion of the world's rapidly increasing population, high…Publication Date 2002
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dynamics
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- soils
- socio-economic aspects
- land use
- agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract available.Publication Date 2001
- climate change
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring
- soils
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis chapter discusses the magnitude and dynamics of the soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil inorganic carbon (SIC) pools. The chapter also describes the impact of different land uses and management…Publication Date 2001
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- climate change
- soils
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA series of videos.
- grazing
- sheep
- cattle
- wildlife
- endangered species
- targeted cattle grazing
- targeted