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- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1980-02-01
- stocking rates
- high rainfall zone
- pastoral zone
- wheat-sheep zone
- wool
- rainfall
- sheep production zones
- grazing management
- Australia
- rangeland
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1980-04-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1980-08-01
- vegetation
- grasslands
- Rancho Repaco
- Spanish explorers
- savanna
- Indians
- Honduras
- range management
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1980-10-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1982-04-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1983-02-01
- arid zone
- cattle
- Australia
- vegetation
- livestock
- rangelands
- animal production
- meat production
- markets
- agricultural practices
- desertification
- forage
- beef
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1983-10-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1990-08-01
- tropics
- arid lands
- Andropogon gayanus
- pasture plants
- Gamba grass
- Africa
- South America
- grasses
- Australia
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1994-10-01
- Macropodidae
- New South Wales
- species differences
- water intake
- Australia
- sheep
- wildlife management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2001-10-01
- Australian Rangeland Society
- Asociacion Argentina de Manejo de Pastizales Naturales
- South America
- farmers' associations
- Australia
- Society for Range Management
- North America
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-02-01
- Australia
- agricultural education
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- Australia
- agricultural education
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Rangeland managers actively focus on the potential to induce a shift in a site to an alternative state, but predicted changes in climate, particularly the likelihood of more extreme…Publication Date 2016-12-01
- drought
- state and transition
- grassland
- shrubland
- woodland
- savanna
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- tropics
- Andropogon gayanus
- pasture plants
- Gamba grass
- Africa
- South America
- grasses
- Australia
- forage
- arid lands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1969
- Australia
- agricultural education
- rangelands
- range management
- Library Collection RecordMapping the distribution and abundance of invasive plants is a high priority, but establishing cost-effective and practical techniques at appropriate scales remains elusive. Mesquite is a highly…Publication Date 2007-07-01
- aerial surveys
- Australia
- invasive plants
- mapping
- monitoring costs
- remote sensing
- visual estimation techniques
- Library Collection RecordA spatial simulation model was developed to examine the community-level relationships between woody overstory and herbaceous understory. The influences of individual trees on herbaceous understory…Publication Date 1992-01-01
- Eucalyptus
- eucalyptus crebra
- Australia
- simulation models
- Prosopis glandulosa
- competitive ability
- understory
- mathematical models
- biomass production
- plant communities
- Library Collection RecordSerrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma), a grass native to South America, has been a major economic problem in the rangelands of southeastern Australia since 1950. It currently infests 680,000 ha in…Publication Date 1984-01-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe behaviour of free-ranging cattle on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, was investigated during 2 summer grazing seasons. The main influence on cattle distribution was found to be their preferences…Publication Date 1983-11-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe chemical and botanical composition of the diets of esophageally fistulated sheep, cattle, and goats was monitored over a period of 1 year at intervals of approximately 2 months. The animals were…Publication Date 1982-01-01
- Australia
- semi-arid zone
- Library Collection RecordThe potential of barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) as a possible improved pasture legume for introduction to marginal cropping areas was examined with breeding Merino ewes at four stocking rates.…Publication Date 1976-07-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe main reason for examining grazing management as a means of controlling barley grass (Hordeum leporinum) was that in marginal areas between reliable cropping and true semiarid rangeland areas, it…Publication Date 1976-09-01
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMeasurements and their statistical analysis are suggested and tested in the study of sheep distribution in an arid part of Australia. The use of aerial photography and an electronic computer make the…Publication Date 1967-03-01
- behavior patterns
- Sheep Distribution
- Mount Murchison
- Flock Size
- grazing animals
- patterns
- Times
- Australia
- New South Wales
- prediction
- aerial photography
- Kayrunnera
- Weather Conditions
- range condition
- sampling
- statistical analysis
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1962-11-01
- African Clovers
- Plant Introduction Program
- Baccarini
- Burchellianum
- Cheranganiense
- Polystachyum
- Pseudostriatum
- Rueppellianum
- Lancelolatum
- Semipilosum
- Steudneri
- Tembense
- Usumbarense
- Evaluating
- Australia
- temperature
- evaluation
- pastures
- Trifolium
- Kenya
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Landsat satellite system and its data products are briefly described. Rangeland applications in the fields of resource inventory, monitoring of seasonal conditions and monitoring of ecological…Publication Date 1980
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis edition of The Rainmaker, the first electronic publication by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, provides an introduction to the valley and AVCA's activities in the area. Topics…Publication Date 2003
- Altar Valley
- Australia
- conservation
- fire management
- restoration
- United States
- Library Collection Record
28 Resilience
Resilience, published by the Quivira Coalition, is focused on current topics within the organization and its annual conference. Journal 39 2% Solutions for Hunger, Thirst and CO2 In this issue of…- Australia
- California
- New Mexico
- New York
- no-tillage
- Pennsylvania
- soil carbon
- solar energy
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe use of fire in the management of grassland is a common rangeland practice in South Africa. This portends ecological implication for the sustainability of the savannah rangelands as a system. A…Publication Date 2008
- fire ecology
- management
- savanna
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Soil Condition
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe introduce the five rangeland types found in the arid and semiarid regions of South Africa, namely Arid Savanna, Arid Grassland, Nama-karoo, Succulent Karoo, and Thicket, and describe the important…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- savanna
- livestock
- grazing
- management
- commercial agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- seed banks
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Grasses using the C4 photosynthetic pathway dominate today's savanna ecosystems and account for ~20% of terrestrial carbon fixation. However, this dominant status was reached only…Publication Date 2008
- atmospheric CO2
- C4 plants
- climate change
- fire
- grasslands
- grazing
- Poaceae
- rainfall
- savanna
- seasonality
- carbon dioxide
- palaeoclimate
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aim Grasslands and savannas, which make up >75% of Madagascar's land area, have long been viewed as anthropogenically derived after people settled on the island c. 2 ka. We…Publication Date 2008
- Africa
- biome origin
- C4 grasses
- deforestation
- fire ecology
- grassland
- Madagascar
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Fire is important for the maintenance and conservation of African savanna ecosystems. Despite the importance of fire intensity as a key element of the fire regime, it is seldom measured or…Publication Date 2006
- fire management
- fuel loads
- Kruger National Park
- long-term ecological experiment
- fire
- fire ecology
- management
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- savanna
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordResidues of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may be important for agroecosystem functioning due to their ability to promote soil aggregation, especially in coarse textured soils with little biomass…Publication Date 2007
- soil organic matter
- Glomalin
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Biomarker
- Arable land use
- savanna
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reviews the results of recent research on riparian vegetation recovery following the clearance of invasive alien plants. In Fynbos, Grassland and Savanna Biomes, riparian ecosystems were…Publication Date 2008
- Alien vegetation control
- fire
- Fynbos
- grassland
- biological invasions
- restoration
- riparian ecosystems
- savanna
- seed banks
- Alien invasive species
- management
- restoration ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- ecosystem services
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSolanum mauritianum Scopoli (Solanaceae; 'bugweed') is a major weed of natural vegetation and plantations in the eastern higher rainfall regions of South Africa. This study assessed the…Publication Date 2008
- Ecosystem repair
- integrated control
- non-native species
- restoration ecology
- weed management
- Working for Water
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- hydrology
- grasslands
- savanna
- herbicides
- seed banks
- germination
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- carbon dioxide
- savanna
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper evaluated the capacity of SPOT VEGETATION time-series to monitor herbaceous fuel moisture content (FMC) in order to improve fire risk assessment in the savanna ecosystem of Kruger National…Publication Date 2007
- Fuel moisture content
- Live and dead fuel
- Improved Vegetation Dryness Index (IVDI)
- fire risk
- SPOT VEGETATION
- monitoring
- savanna
- fire
- ecosystem dynamics
- remote sensing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper evaluated the capacity of SPOT VEGETATION time-series to monitor the vegetation biomass and water content in order to improve fire risk assessment in the savanna ecosystem of Kruger…Publication Date 2006
- biomass
- Fire risk assessment
- SPOT VEGETATION
- time-series
- Vegetation water content
- fire ecology
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- plant production
- national parks
- remote sensing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCoexistence of trees and grasses in savannas should be possible if competition between the woody and the grassy components is less intense than the competition within each component. Although several…Publication Date 2008
- Acacia mellifera
- Competitor removal experiment
- Nearest-neighbour distance
- quantile regression
- spatial autocorrelation
- Spatial point pattern analysis
- savanna
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe tree-grass interactions of African savannas are mainly determined by varying rainfall patterns and soil fertility. Large savanna trees are known to modify soil nutrient conditions, but whether…Publication Date 2007
- canopy
- Fibre content
- Grass structure
- grazing
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- savanna
- rainfall
- soil fertility
- plant production
- nutrition
- soil organic carbon
- biomass
- forage quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe coexistence of woody and grassy plants in savannas has often been attributed to a rooting-niche separation (two-layer hypothesis). Water was assumed to be the limiting resource for both growth…Publication Date 2006
- fire
- grazing
- Honeycomb rippling model
- Inter-tree competition
- Spatio-temporal rainfall variation
- Tree-grass coexistence
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- grasslands
- soil moisture
- rainfall
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLake Urema is one of the most important ecological features of Gorongosa National Park, located in central Mozambique, in the East African Rift System. Understanding hydrology and ecology of the lake…Publication Date 2006
- floodplain
- remote sensing
- Reservoir lake
- Sediment composition
- savanna
- water quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannah (C4) grasses are first recorded at low latitudes in the mid-Miocene prior to their expansion towards mid-latitudes by approximately the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. In an attempt to determine…Publication Date 2006
- isotopes
- carbon
- Microwear
- Rodent
- South Africa
- Pliocene
- savanna
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSemi-arid climatic conditions were responsible for the evolution of the vast savanna that stretches across central Africa and for the evolution of placers in this area that carry gemstones, rare…Publication Date 2008
- Placer deposit
- savanna
- Gemstones
- Titanium
- Rare earth element minerals
- Zircon landform types
- Malawi
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordReconstructing Plio-Pleistocene African paleoenvironments is important for models of early hominin evolution, but is often hampered by low-resolution or discontinuous climatic data. Here, we present…Publication Date 2007
- savanna
- Monsoon
- Walker Circulation
- Precession
- Hominin
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoenvironmental data
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports an assessment of the current and potential impacts of invasive alien plants on selected ecosystem services in South Africa. We used data on the current and potential future…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- Fynbos
- grassland
- grazing
- groundwater
- hydrology
- Karoo
- savanna
- water yield
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem services
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe importance of wild edible herbaceous species to resource poor households in most rural economies within savannas has been little studied. This is because most of the herbs grow in impoverished…Publication Date 2007
- biodiversity
- cultivation
- food security
- Impoverished lands
- NTFPs
- savanna
- Poverty
- household income studies
- rural areas
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- Africa