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- Library Collection RecordGrasslands are vast areas covered mostly by grass and grass-like plants.These areas don’t receive enough rainfall to grow trees or support a forest, but they don’t get too little either to become…Publication Date 2020
- grasslands
- prairies
- rangelands
- pampas
- Llanos
- Temperate climate
- savannas
- Description
- cerrado
- Tropical
- Library Collection RecordPast studies have shown that the strength of top-down herbivore control on plant physiological performance, abundance and distribution patterns can shift with abiotic stress, but it is still unclear…Publication Date 2013
- aridity
- climate change
- plant distributions
- plant-herbivore interactions
- population dynamics
- savannas
- stress gradients
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- Asteraceae
- varieties
- Nature conservation
- taxonomy
- savannas
- Asteraceae
- Asteraceae
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- Feed grasses
- plant anatomy
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- rats
- energy value
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Forest inventories
- remote sensing
- mathematical models
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- forests
- ecosystems
- carbon
- seasonal variation
- savannas
- Forest inventories
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2012
- soil compaction
- mathematical models
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- soil biology
- identification
- savannas
- identification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Poverty
- Cameroon
- savannas
- degradation
- adults
- highlands
- game
- Statistical methods
- degradation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- varieties
- bacteria
- soil biology
- savannas
- bacteria
- bacteria
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Nature conservation
- Development policies
- endangered species
- Environmental impact assessment
- Africa
- trade
- land management
- savannas
- wildlife management
- hunting
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- soil
- selenium
- soil chemicophysical properties
- savannas
- selenium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- charcoal
- chemical composition
- forest trees
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- soil biology
- identification
- bacteria
- savannas
- identification
- bacteria
- bacteria
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- savannas
- plant cover
- Statistical methods
- remote sensing
- seasonal variation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- soil biology
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forests
- savannas
- sampling
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Sugarcane
- soil biology
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grain
- zinc
- plant response
- nutrient uptake
- savannas
- grain
- zinc
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Pinus
- Eucalyptus
- soil
- carbon
- Gases
- greenhouse effect
- soil analysis
- savannas
- Sao Paulo
- Pinus
- Eucalyptus
- Sao Paulo
- Pinus
- Eucalyptus
- Gases
- Sao Paulo
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Kenya
- rural areas
- energy balance
- Paraffin
- sustainability
- greenhouse gases
- carbon
- storage
- grasslands
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordThe Southern African Savannas Network and the Southern African Vulnerability Initiative used study areas and information from a wide range of sources to assess threats and opportunities to savanna…Publication Date 2009
- savannas
- sustainability
- Environmental change
- policy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Eucalyptus
- seedlings
- insecticides
- savannas
- Eucalyptus
- Eucalyptus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Forest inventories
- remote sensing
- sampling
- essential oils
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- soil chemicophysical properties
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- genetic variation
- genetic resources
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Phosphate fertilizers
- fertilizer application
- soil fertility
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- savannas
- climate
- carbon
- Sao Paulo
- Sao Paulo
- Sao Paulo
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- cattle
- Cover plants
- Phosphate fertilizers
- application rates
- vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
- enzyme activity
- inoculation
- genetic soil types
- savannas
- soil analysis
- soil pH
- soil organic matter
- nutrient availability
- phosphorus
- calcium
- magnesium
- potassium
- sodium
- Laboratory diagnosis
- enzyme activity
- soil biology
- inoculation
- calcium
- magnesium
- potassium
- sodium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- savannas
- botanical composition
- identification
- taxonomy
- identification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- plant propagation
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- soil chemicophysical properties
- soil morphological features
- topography
- savannas
- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- Library Collection RecordRelations between phytolith occurrences, taxonomy, and habitat are assessed for 184 East African grass species through the re-analysis of two qualitative surveys of phytolith types in leaf epidermis…Publication Date 2009
- phytolith
- Poaceae
- silica
- grassland
- savannas
- paleoecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the southern Africa soil carbon pool, its heterogeneity, sources (from trees or grasses), and potential response to climate is extremely limited. In this study the Kalahari Transect (KT…Publication Date 2009
- geostatistics
- Kalahari
- savannas
- Soil [delta]13C
- soil organic carbon
- Stable isotope
- climate change
- savanna
- rainfall
- carbon sequestration
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordUsing a human security perspective, we investigate how the history of land tenure changes has driven sustainability in southern African savannas. The paper examines four countries-Botswana,…Publication Date 2009
- Human security
- land tenure
- savannas
- sustainability
- legislation
- socio-economic aspects
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2009
- savannas
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- policy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere has been increasing interest in the use of summer fires to limit woody plant encroachment on grasslands, but information regarding effects of such fires on perennial grass recovery and annual…Publication Date 2008-11-01
- burn season
- fire temperature
- savannas
- summer fire
- woody plant encroachment
- Library Collection RecordThis study quantified herbaceous biomass responses to increases in honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) cover on two soils from 1995 to 2001 in north central Texas. Vegetation was sampled…Publication Date 2008-09-01
- competition
- drought
- precipitation variability
- Prosopis glandulosa
- savannas
- species composition
- woody encroachment
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The paleoenvironmental context of plant and animal species evolution (including glacial migrations and population separations) is based on a very patchy and incomplete paleo-phytogeographic…Publication Date 2008
- Africa
- glacial–interglacial cycles
- grasslands
- human evolution
- phytogeography
- Pleistocene
- savannas
- tropical forests
- vegetation modeling
- palaeoemvironment
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe differences in knowledge of biological resource use between societal and demographic groups are often poorly understood; yet they are an important element of sustainability. Differences in gender…Publication Date 2008
- conservation
- Indigenous knowledge
- Livelihoods
- Non-timber forest products
- Red Data Lists
- savannas
- South Africa
- woody plants
- medicinal plants
- subsistence agriculture
- non-grazing resources
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of invasive alien plants (IAP) and their subsequent clearing by the Working for Water Programme (WfW) on (a) overstorey (woody plant) vegetation structure, (b) invasion intensity (…Publication Date 2008
- biological invasions
- Ecosystem repair
- grasslands
- Overstorey aerial cover
- restoration ecology
- savannas
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPlio-Pleistocene East African grassland expansion and faunal macroevolution, including that of our own lineage, are attributed to global climate change. To further understand environmental factors of…Publication Date 2007
- Paleogeography
- savannas
- East Africa
- carbon isotopes
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- 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 RecordIndigenous forests and savannas, along with plantation forests, offer numerous benefits to rural communities and society at large. Yet, the role of forests and forestry in contributing to sustainable…Publication Date 2007
- ecotourism
- forestry
- Non-timber forest products
- Plantations
- Poverty
- Safety-net
- savannas
- South Africa
- sustainable livelihoods
- socio-economic aspects
- savanna
- sustainability
- subsistence agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last century, the density of Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei Buchholz) has greatly increased in oak savannahs of central Texas. Recently, juniper removal has been advocated as a regional…Publication Date 2006-07-01
- brush management
- ecohydrology
- Edwards Plateau
- Juniperus ashei
- leaf carbon assimilation
- savannas
- Library Collection RecordUnlike any other biome, savannas consist of both trees and grasses in a persistent and equitable manner. This unique mixture of two different life forms attracted scientific scrutiny for decades.…Publication Date 2006
- Terminalia sericea
- Shallow root system
- savannas
- rainfall
- Etosha National Park
- grazing
- indigenous encroaching species
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordYaupon invasion into historic grassland savannahs can be effectively reduced with prescribed burning and herbicides. The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and…Publication Date 2005-10-01
- savannas
- Ilex vomitoria
- shrubs
- Weeds
- invasive species
- prescribed burning
- herbicides
- cost analysis
- Texas
- wildlife management areas
- Library Collection RecordIn Kajiado District, Kenya, ranches held communally by Maasai are being subdivided into individually owned parcels. Livestock owners know that herds on parcels that are too small cannot be viable,…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- fragmentation
- heterogeneity
- Kajiado District
- Kenya
- Maasai
- movement
- savannas
- sedentary