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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 1980-10-01
- 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 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 1987-08-01
- southern Africa
- Savory Grazing Method
- SGM
- pastures
- grassland improvement
- rain
- selective grazing
- stocking rate
- controlled grazing
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- grazing
- 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 RecordBoth large ungulates and wildlife tourists tend to concentrate along the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, Botswana, during the dry season causing concern for wildlife habitat and the recreational…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Aepyceros melampus
- Giraffa camelopardalis
- Loxodonta africana
- rivers
- ecotourism
- tour operators
- tourism impact
- synceros caffer
- game reserves
- wild animals
- national parks
- riparian grasslands
- shrublands
- Botswana
- habitat selection
- habitats
- savannas
- dry seasons
- woodlands
- southern Africa
- recreationists
- buffalo
- elephant
- giraffe
- impala
- kudu
- 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 RecordCyperus articulatus L. and Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. were studied in southern Africa and were found to be synonymous. The latter bears laminae, has longer bracts and frequently has less septate culms…Publication Date 2006
- Cyperus articulatus
- Cyperus corymbosus
- southern Africa
- taxonomy
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSutherlandia frutescens (tribe Galegeae, Fabaceae), a popular plant in traditional medicine, is indigenous to South Africa, Lesotho, southern Namibia and southeastern Botswana. It is chemically,…Publication Date 2008
- Biosystematics
- Chemical Compounds
- Ethnobotany
- medicinal plants
- Pharmacology
- southern Africa
- Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br.
- Traditional uses
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSatellite imagery derived fire history data for the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana from 1989 to 2003 were used to analyse the temporal and spatial distribution of fires and to assess changes in…Publication Date 2007
- savanna
- fire season
- fire regime
- fire frequency
- wetland
- southern Africa
- fire
- fire ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe rich biodiversity of southern Africa has to date been relatively unimpacted by the activities of modern society, but to what degree will this situation persist into the 21st century? We use a…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- southern Africa
- climate change
- land use change
- Land cover change
- Habitat loss
- conservation
- Millennium ecosystem assessment
- image
- CBD target
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study reviewed the distribution of ten common savanna trees in Namibia. Tree distributions were investigated in relation to bioclimatic, topographic and edaphic variables at a national scale.…Publication Date 2006
- biogeography
- climate change
- forestry
- Plant functional attributes
- southern Africa
- Vegetation history
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper revisits the debate over the relative effectiveness of 'conservative' and 'opportunistic' stocking strategies for African pastoral rangelands. The paper is based on a…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- cattle
- Pastoral strategy
- stocking rate
- Capital costs
- southern Africa
- Zimbabwe
- pastoralism
- stocking rates
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordVariations in the nature and extent of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone (WRZ) have the potential to provide important information concerning the nature of long-term climate change at both…Publication Date 2007
- southern Africa
- winter rainfall zone
- Quaternary
- palaeoenvironment
- westerlies
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary The effects of fertilization of forage crops vary with soil types, relative levels of fertility within soil type, ratios of available nutrients, crops, and climatic conditions. Increased…Publication Date 1959
- fertilizer
- forage quality
- soil nutrients
- Soil Condition
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Since the Union of South Africa was founded in 1910, the volume of dairy production and consumption has increased--both in total amount and per capita. This growth is part of the evolution of…Publication Date 1958
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordBush encroachment has been recognised in southern Africa since the late nineteenth century. Our review of 23 studies showed that the rate of woody cover change has ranged from ?0.131 to 1.275% y?1.…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- ecosystem ecology
- grazing
- fire
- rainfall
- grasses
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThemeda triandra Forssk. is a common perennial grass in southern African grasslands that tolerates low nutrient soils. Establishment of the species into degraded or transformed areas is difficult,…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- soil nutrients
- tillers
- restoration ecology
- fertiliser
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- potassium
- Themeda triandra
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study aimed to quantify and evaluate the effects of heavy land utilisation, mainly grazing, on plant species richness and diversity, species abundance, vegetation structure and soil…Publication Date 2012
- communal rangeland
- degradation
- grazing
- plant species rivhness
- Termites
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1927
- southern 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
- Australia
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannahs cover more than 40% of Africa and provide a variety of important ecosystem services. Their productivity is constrained by disturbance and limiting resources. In southern Africa, fine-leaf…Publication Date 2012
- fertilization
- grazing
- Kalahari transect
- Namibia
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- savannah
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY. * 1The existing information about the Tertiary geology and elimate of Africa is collated and discussed critically. * 2There is no evidence for a revolution in the climate and fauna of Africa…Publication Date 1952
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY The author has attempted a revision of all the African species of Terminalia. She has examined all of the type specimens, except those which were destroyed in Berlin during the recent war,…Publication Date 1959
- taxonomy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordHypotheses about the relative productivities and impacts of current and officially recommended stocking rates were tested in a case study in southern Africa. They support the view that biased…Publication Date 1997
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- Range degradation
- sustainability
- Option value
- modelling
- southern Africa
- animal production
- modelling
- Plant Productivity
- decision support systems
- economics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last decade a [']new rangeland science 039; has emerged. One of the tenets of the new science is that pastoralists should not adhere to a single conservative stocking rate, but rather…Publication Date 2000
- Capital costs
- cattle
- carrying capacity
- Environmental costs
- modelling
- rangeland
- southern Africa
- stocking rate
- socio-economic aspects
- economics
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a general economic analysis package, BURNECON, for evaluating the benefits and costs of using management burns to improve grazing potential in the semi-arid woodlands of eastern…Publication Date 1991
- management burns
- prescribed fire
- land management
- microcomputer
- decision support systems
- BURNECON
- Australia
- fire ecology
- management
- grazing
- indigenous encroaching species
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of ecological factors such as changes in rainfall could lead to large compositional changes in the diverse indigenous flora of southern Africa. A study was therefore initiated to determine…Publication Date 1995
- vegetation
- rainfall increase
- rainfall decrease
- southern Africa
- rainfall
- species richness
- biodiversity
- drought
- grazing
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa