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- Library Collection RecordPastoralism is practiced by millions of people worldwide. It has roots in every part of the world and back thousands of years to the beginning of agriculture. But while pastoral societies have…Publication Date 2019
- rangelands
- pastoralism
- pastoral society
- sustainability
- Pastoralists
- Neglected
- Library Collection RecordIn eight counties in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska characterized by high levels of intact Northern Great Plains grassland habitat, ranchers observe the following sustainability challenges: Land…Publication Date 2018-06
- conservation
- life cycle
- ranching
- succession
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland vulnerability assessments have the potential to function as conceptual tools for policymakers and rangeland users to ensure the sustainable management of vulnerable rangelands. This…Publication Date 2018-02
- biophysical indicators
- integrated approaches
- Me-Bar and Valdez technique
- socioeconomic indicators
- sustainability
- vulnerability
- Library Collection RecordDr. Mitch McClaran and Elise Gornish discuss the Santa Rita's history as a grassland and the changing nature of mesquite populations within it. The nature of how this change effects wildlife is…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- mesquite
- grassland management
- grasslands
- wildlife
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordMark Heitlinger discusses the significance of the Santa Rita region. Mark provides historic information that illustrates the significance of the range and it's importance to the research mission…Publication Date 2018
- grassland management
- brush control
- history
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordAmy Ganguli details the changing nature of grassland vegetation within New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. She provides information on how grasslands can be restored and other treatment…Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- management
- vegetation
- grassland management
- grasslands
- New Mexico
- Chihuahua
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- WSARE Brush Management Workshop 1
- Library Collection RecordFire safety in the wildland-urban interface including your hoe and landscape.Publication Date 2018
- fire
- landscape
- safety
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordMost remaining grasslands are used for livestock grazing; stocking rates could be managed to help stop declining songbird populations. We examined the effects of stocking rates on grassland songbirds…Publication Date 2015-11
- Baird's sparrow
- cattle grazing
- chestnut-collared longspur
- Ecological threshold
- grassland management
- Sprague's pipit
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordRangeland carrying capacity depends on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and on the sustainable harvest index (HIsust), the portion of ANPP that livestock can consume without undermining the…Publication Date 2015-05
- grazing
- harvest index
- range management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordUneven utilisation of pastures is an issue facing extensive cattle properties in the Northern Territory. During the dry season most cattle need to return to water points to drink at least once a day…Publication Date 2015
- intensification
- intensification
- north Australia
- Northern Territory
- pasture utilisation
- rotational grazing
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThis tour takes participants to several stops throughout the Altar Valley including the Contest Well, the San Simone Fan Structure, the Timber Draw Dam Site,the Goat Well Drop Structure, and the San…Publication Date 2015
- watershed management
- erosion control
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordThe Nullarbor region is a vast gently undulating limestone based plain through Western Australia and South Australia (Figure 1). The climate is arid or semi-arid, with hot dry summers, cold winters…Publication Date 2015
- ecology
- ecosystem
- innovation
- production
- sustainability
- transition
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn this second of a six-part webinar series, Leon Atwell and Jack Newcomb of the Coalition for Community Excellence talk about how to create vision and mission statements that will inspire and guide…Publication Date 2015
- sustainability
- video
- webinar
- Library Collection RecordThis presentation begins with an overview of some of the changes that have already been observed on grasslands in southeastern Arizona including increased occurrence of winter droughts and decreased…Publication Date 2015
- drought
- perennials
- grassland management
- range management
- Library Collection RecordRecent climatic trends and climate model projections indicate that climate change will modify rangeland ecosystem functions and the services and livelihoods that they provision. Recent history has…Publication Date 2013-09-01
- carbon sequestration
- land change science
- social-ecological systems
- social learning
- sustainability
- transformation
- Library Collection RecordDeveloping sustainable rangeland management strategies requires solution-driven research that addresses ecological issues within the context of regionally important socioeconomic concerns. A key…Publication Date 2013-01-01
- energy development
- greater sage-grouse
- landscape planning
- resource selection
- severe winter conditions
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policy
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDrylands support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystem goods and services across the globe. Drylands, however, are one of the most susceptible biomes to degradation.…Publication Date 2013
- desert
- invasion
- restoration
- state-and-transition models
- thresholds
- degradation
- restoration ecology
- sustainability
- ecosystem services
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordEcosystem restoration is now globally recognized as a key component in conservation programs and essential to the quest for the long-term sustainability of our human-dominated planet. Restoration…Publication Date 2013
- CBD COP11
- enabling factors
- Hyderabad Call
- restoration ecology
- conservation
- sustainability
- policies
- biodiversity
- Hyderabad
- India
- Library Collection RecordNational and international assessments are increasingly highlighting the unsustainable use of earth's natural resources in the face of population increase, growing material affluence and global…Publication Date 2013
- ecosystem services
- management
- policy
- sustainability
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordWhat does this manual do? The manual aids users in establishing their own monitoring program in grasslands, shrublands, and grass/shrub mixes. It is not designed for use in measuring riparian or…Publication Date 2013
- range management
- grazing management
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Ashley McClain concerning Rangeland Management and other subjectsPublication Date 2013
- grassland management
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordApplied Information and Communication Technologies. Proceedings of the 5th International Scientific Conference, Jelgava, Latvia, April 26-27, 2012 (Electronic resource), Latvia Univ. of Agriculture,…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fertilization
- NPK fertilizers
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- greenhouse gases
- nitrous oxide
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- sustainability
- research
- Methane
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the overall restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank of abandoned alvar grassland sites? To what degree does the share of characteristic alvar grassland species in the…Publication Date 2012
- Abandonment
- grassland management
- grazing
- Limestone grassland
- Optimal sampling time
- seed density
- Seed mass
- Semi-natural grassland
- species richness
- Traditional management
- seed bank
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Estonia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Pennisetum purpureum
- grassland management
- quality
- biomass
- growth
- yields
- technology
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Library Collection RecordMalaysia is one of the highly vulnerable countries due to climatic changes. Here the changes in climate factors cause adverse impacts on agricultural sustainability and relevant livelihood…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural sustainability
- sustainable livelihood
- climate change
- adaptation
- mitigation
- policy
- Malaysia
- sustainability
- Malaysia
- Library Collection RecordClimates are changing worldwide at rates not seen previously in geological time. This affects food production itself and the growth and reproduction of plant pathogens which reduce crop yield and…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- climate change
- crop loss
- disease
- food security
- plant pathogens
- population
- resource supply
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Sam Lossing concerning Rangeland Management, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- grassland management
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- defoliation
- sheep
- autumn
- grassland management
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- pastures
- botanical composition
- Feed grasses
- biomass
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grassland management
- fertilizers
- Phosphate fertilizers
- contamination
- Radioactive contamination
- pollutants
- contamination
- Library Collection RecordThe contribution of forest and wild products to the rural economy is typically undervalued in standard socioeconomic surveys. In this paper, we analyze the contribution of forests and other wild…Publication Date 2012
- environmental income
- forests
- inequality
- Livelihoods
- sustainability
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasses
- grassland management
- Poa pratensis
- meadows
- Feed Crops
- productivity
- research
- Cereals
- hay
- haymaking
- yield components
- fertilizer application
- Poa pratensis
- Poa pratensis
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAs society seeks to meet the needs of a growing human population and rising aspirations for consumption, many of the ecosystem services on which society depends have declined in the global aggregate…Publication Date 2012
- resource management
- sense of place
- social-ecological
- sustainability
- transformation
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordSmallholder farmers in developing countries face numerous limitations that hinder them from embracing improved agricultural practices and innovations with great potential for meaningful…Publication Date 2011
- Subsistence farming
- Poverty
- fodder quality
- policies
- politics
- East African region
- Fodder shrubs
- fodder shrub innovations
- partnerships and collaboration
- research and development
- scaling-up the adoption
- smallholder farmers
- species diversification
- sustainability
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa. Together with applicable national and…Publication Date 2011
- policies
- land use
- Economic Aspects
- politics
- International Institute for Environment and Development policy
- research
- climate
- ecology
- urban
- economics
- sustainability
- legislation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- grassland management
- maintenance
- handling
- storage
- costs
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grasslands
- vegetation
- meadows
- sown grasslands
- Feed Crops
- legumes
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- organic compounds
- Chemical Compounds
- economic analysis
- Economic Value
- efficiency
- productivity
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- palatability
- sheep
- Behaviour
- grazing
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- dairy cows
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- pastures
- grassland management
- grazing intensity
- livestock management
- milk yield
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- grassland management
- simulation
- grazing systems
- simulation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage conditioners
- grazing intensity
- productivity
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordOver the past half-century, agricultural production gains have provided a platform for rural and urban economic growth worldwide. In African countries, however, agriculture has been widely assumed to…Publication Date 2011
- farming
- scaling-up
- Social capital
- sustainable intensification
- Sustainable development
- soil conservation
- soils
- sustainability
- conservation
- agriculture
- policies
- management
- Africa