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- Library Collection RecordThis was the 7 th International Rangelands Congress, and the third which I have attended, the others being, Delhi in 1989 and Montpellier in 1994. There were over 500 delegates from 27 countries…Publication Date 2003
- global
- international
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWeed management in Australian rangelands encounters a wide variety of ecosystems, a diversity of plant species that are weeds from some perspective, and severe socio-economic constraints. Although…Publication Date 1996
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGRASSMAN, an agricultural decision -support model, has been modified to include sources, sinks and storages of greenhouse gases. The modified model was used to investigate the effects of changes in…Publication Date 1992
- stocking rate
- burning
- management
- greenhouse gases
- emission reduction
- Australia
- burning management
- emission reduction
- emissions
- greenhouse gas emissions
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordRecent emphasis in the community and the press has been on human- induced long term climate change. Much effort has therefore been expended in determining existing evidence of climate change. However…Publication Date 1992
- climate change
- Australia
- climate variability
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordData on the population dynamics of three 'woody weed' species Acacia deanei, Cassia nemophila and Dodonaea viscosa, collected over a 12 year period at a disturbed site near Boggabri showed…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordA survey encompassing 124 sites investigated the distribution of the perennial chenopod, Maireana sedifolia (pearl bluebush). Calcium carbonate and summer rainfall were delineated as primary…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Northern South Australia
- Library Collection RecordWe propose an hypothesis model to account for the infrequency of recruitment (about once in 20 years) of western myall (Acacia papyrocarpa Benth.), an arid zone tree. In most years, ants effectively…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordLittle is known of Eremophila seed production, viability or germination characteristics. The number of fully developed seed within the fruit varies (i.e. between 12.5 -64.1 %), and there are varying…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSoil degradation, perennial pasture decline and inedible shrub encroachment are common forms of land degradation north west of Bourke NSW. An experiment to investigate the merits of various land…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Department of Agriculture, Western Australia has completed development of a ground based monitoring system for grassland pastures in rangelands. The monitoring system has been divided into two…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPasture condition can be assessed by comparing species occurrence across a range of sites. Ordination techniques simplify these multi- attribute data and display differences between sites, To…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes work in progress to examine how best to set up and use reference areas, particularly in the framework of the South Australian Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act (1989…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordWater infiltration into soil was studied before and after burning small plots of Eragrostis eriopoda and Triodia basedowii in central Australia. Fire had no statistically significant effect on…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of two different grazing regimes on the surface soil properties of a dunefield land system in the semi -arid woodlands of eastern Australia were investigated. The land system is comprised…Publication Date 1992
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all twenty-five papers presented at the 1st Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1977. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland database.)Publication Date 1977
- Australia
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all twenty-one papers presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1979. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1979
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordCollection of all thirty-one papers presented at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, 1981. (Each individual paper is also indexed separately in the Global Rangeland…Publication Date 1981
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe following dissertation sets out to investigate the decline of agriculture in Mission location at Butterworth, Transkei, using the Rehabilitation Scheme as a benchmark. The scheme was introduced…Publication Date 2003
- agriculture
- South Africa
- Transkei
- land use
- land tenure
- soil erosion
- politics
- policies
- communal farming
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobally, ecosystems provide services of almost twice the value of global gross national product (Costanza et al., 2006). The Buffalo City Municipality (BCM), South Africa contains biodiversity of…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity conservation
- South Africa
- Buffalo City
- ecosystem services
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- degradation
- GIS
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the role played by traditional leaders in environmental governance in the context of decentralization, based on a case study of grass utilization in QwaQwa. Specifically,…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- conservation
- agriculture
- environmental aspects
- grasses
- South Africa
- QwaQwa
- grassland ecology
- veld grass
- grasswork
- tribal government
- chiefdoms
- environmental policy
- subsistence agriculture
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand use and land transformation are major threats to biodiversity. Only a small percentage of land and thus biodiversity is protected within reserves. The majority of biodiversity lies in the hands…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Agrobiodiversity
- Agricultural ecology
- veld
- landscape assessment
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- grassland
- savanna
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- grazing
- fire ecology
- soil erosion
- commercial agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand degradation is a global problem affecting many countries including South Africa. This study was conducted in order to assess and monitor the nature and extent of land degradation within Qoqodala…Publication Date 2009
- geographic information systems
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- remote sensing
- land degradation
- monitoring
- GIS
- indigenous encroaching species
- erosion
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Grassland biome of South Africa has been identified as critically endangered and the biome in South Africa most requiring conservation attention through the implementation of efficient,…Publication Date 2007
- grassland ecology
- South Africa
- grassland
- conservation
- natural resources
- grassland biome
- biodiversity
- degradation
- soil erosion
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous encroaching species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock type (cattle-to-sheep ratio) and stocking rate on grassland species richness and vegetation composition were tested using two long-term trials in Highland Sourveld Grassland…Publication Date 2007
- grasslands
- grazing
- South Africa
- KwaZulu - Natal
- plant diversity
- grazing
- environmental aspects
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- stocking rates
- grassland
- species richness
- fire
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA history ofland degradation is reconstructed in a part of the dividing ridge between the Great Fish and Keiskamma rivers, in Peddie District, former Ciskei. The study entails a comparative…Publication Date 1997
- land use
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- erosion
- degradation
- Tenure
- land use
- Subsistence farming
- Commercial farming
- Traditional management
- betterment villages
- Aerial Photographs
- GIS
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Minerals and Petroleum Resources Act (MRPDA) No 28 of 2002 of South Africa states that the holder of a mining permit remains liable for environmental consequences until a closure certificate has…Publication Date 2009
- landscape ecology
- South Africa
- Highveld
- grassland ecology
- gold mines
- mining
- environmental aspects
- spectrum analysis
- restoration ecology
- rehabilitation
- modelling
- monitoring
- remote sensing
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA highly variable invasive shrub, Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), has been notoriously difficult to control thus far despite a well established biological control programme in South Africa. A…Publication Date 2009
- Lantana camara
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- biological control
- Biological pest control agents
- Weeds
- biological control
- invasive plants
- Hemiptera
- Miridae
- Alien invasive species
- management
- insects
- restoration ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe project was initiated by Eastern Cape Parks (ECP) as a request for the construction of inventories of priority species and their population levels inside three nature reserves on the Eastern Cape…Publication Date 2010
- Plant diversity conservation
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Rare plants
- Population viability analysis
- biodiversity
- Plant conservation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Human-plant relationships
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- Nature reserves
- subsistence agriculture
- management
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary in English and Afrikaans. Also issued on CD-ROM.Publication Date 2006
- savanna
- ecology
- restoration ecology
- Alien invasive species
- management
- South Africa
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe replacement of indigenous grasslands by commercial forestry plantations on the mountainous eastern escarpment of South Africa, has inevitably led to alteration of nutrient cycling. The overall…Publication Date 2005
- soil nutrients
- soil ecology
- plants nutrition
- soil nutrition
- landscape ecology
- Pinus patula
- South Africa
- Eucalyptus grandis
- trees
- growth
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe focus of this study is to explore and expand farmer learning processes in sustainable agriculture workplace contexts. It examines change oriented learning processes in the context of three…Publication Date 2010
- sustainable agriculture
- southern Africa
- Sustainable development
- Permaculture
- organic farming
- Training of farmers
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Social and economic conditions
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- Sustainable development
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSound understanding of the influence of scale and context on ecological patternprocess relationships is lacking in many systems. The hierarchical patch dynamics paradigm (HPDP) provides a framework…Publication Date 2008
- vegetation dynamics
- savanna
- riparian ecology
- South Africa
- Kruger National Park
- Savanna ecology
- spatial ecology
- management
- woody plants
- indigenous encroaching shrubs
- modelling
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWildfire prediction and management is an issue of safety and security for many rural communities in South Africa. Wildfire prediction and early warning systems can assist in saving lives,…Publication Date 2006
- vegetation mapping
- South Africa
- remote sensing
- fire ecology
- Mpumalanga
- Savanna ecology
- ground cover fires
- grassland fires
- grassland
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLantana camara (lantana), a thicket-forming shrub, a number of different varieties of which were introduced into South Africa as ornamental plants but which has become a serious invasive weed.…Publication Date 2002
- Biological pest control
- South Africa
- Lantana camara
- Beetles
- Hemiptera
- Weeds
- Alien invasive species
- biological control
- modelling
- southern Africa