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- Library Collection RecordImproving tolerance to heat stress is a major challenge in many C3 crops given the threat of global warming. Populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) tolerant and sensitive to summer…Publication Date 2011
- plant physiology
- climate change
- global warming
- temperature
- Fv/Fm
- hydrogen peroxide
- high temperature stress
- Lolium perenne
- population difference
- C3 grass
- Yamanashi Dairy Agricultural Station
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordThe feeding behaviour of Xhosa lop-eared (XLE), Nguni (NGN) and Nguni x Boer crossbred (NBC) goat genotypes was compared in a False Thornveld rangeland by recording time spent on browsing, grazing…Publication Date 2011
- rangelands
- foraging
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can we predict the spatial distribution of plant communities in semi-arid rangelands based on a limited set of environmental variables? Where are priority areas for conservation located?…Publication Date 2011
- CT-model
- Decision tree classifier
- grazing intensity
- Juniperus excelsa woodlands
- rangelands
- ecosystem ecology
- mapping
- conservation ecology
- grazing
- modelling
- agriculture
- Al Jabal al Akhdar
- Arabia
- Library Collection RecordRodent-mediated dispersal of Acacia seeds in Kalahari savannah rangelands – implications for bush encroachmentPublication Date 2011
- rodents
- Acacia
- seeds
- savannah
- rangelands
- Bush encroachment
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMean annual soil respiration correlates with net primary productivity and therefore provides an indication of ecosystem functioning. Soil respiration, however, varies considerably in space and time…Publication Date 2011
- carbon dioxide
- overstocking
- rangeland management
- soil temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- soil water
- rangelands
- management
- stocking rates
- Nama Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of soil moisture deficit and subsequent watering on the growth of Bromus inermis Leyss., Dactylis glomerata L., Lolium perenne L. and Phleum pratense L. under a non-…Publication Date 2011
- soil moisture
- drought
- pastures
- grasses
- plant physiology
- Bromus inermis
- Dactylis glomerata
- Drought Stress
- Lolium perenne
- Phleum pratense
- Tottori
- JapanÂ
- Library Collection RecordThe nutrient requirements of domestic livestock have been provided in detail by various National Research Council (NRC) publications. However, these NRC requirements have been developed on pen-fed…Publication Date 2011
- nutrient requirements
- rangelands
- ruminants
- Library Collection RecordSmooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.), meadow bromegrass (Bromus riparius Rehm.) and hybrid bromegrass (B. riparius x B. inermis) are widely used for hay and pasture in temperate regions of the…Publication Date 2011
- pastures
- plant production
- management
- plant physiology
- grasses
- Bromegrass
- defoliation
- etiolated regrowth
- remobilization of stored reserves
- Saskatoon
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in warm-temperate and subtropical North America have become less diverse. Pastures are typically grass monocultures, while rangelands are generally managed for the grass components.…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- forage quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- restoration ecology
- warm-season legumes
- pasture diversity
- North America
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread recognition that disturbance by livestock affects multiple indices of landscape health, few studies have examined their effects on both biotic and abiotic processes. We…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- grazing gradient
- landscape function
- overgrazing
- plant diversity
- reptiles
- grazing
- livestock
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe main objective of this study was to determine to what extent grazing pressure and timing modulate the seasonal progression of herbage quality in hilly Mediterranean grassland systems. The study…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- cattle
- fodder quality
- grassland
- management
- rangelands
- sustainablity
- acid detergent fibre
- digestibility
- grazing system
- neutral detergent fibre
- near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- protein
- stocking rate
- eastern Galilee
- Israel
- Library Collection Record1. Studying the effects of climate or weather extremes such as drought and heat waves on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is one of the most important facets of climate change research. In…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- biodiversity
- Ecosystem function
- primary production
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- plant physiology
- soil micro-organisms
- below-ground
- competition
- Decomposition
- invasion
- leaf chemistry
- microbial
- phenology
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation change
- productivity
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAnts are considered an important faunal group for the functioning of arid rangelands, they have a long history of use for environmental monitoring, and exhibit four global patterns in grazing lands…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Bioindicator
- chenopod shrubland
- disturbance
- Formicidae
- grazing impacts
- Mulga
- piosphere
- Ants
- invertebrates
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing
- management
- restoration ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordObjective: To contribute to the integration of key ecological concepts such as dynamic equilibrium, critical threshold, resistance and resilience to the "State and Transition Model " (STM…Publication Date 2011
- Dynamic equilibrium
- rangeland ecology
- resilience
- resistance
- thresholds
- ecosystem ecology
- modelling
- Ecosystem function
- state-and-transition model
- rangelands
- management
- Library Collection RecordIn the past few years, African medicinal plants have received considerable attention, and it has been lamented that the documentation of the continent's species that are used in traditional…Publication Date 2011
- medicinal plants
- rangelands
- savanna
- grasslands
- Ethnobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis forum manuscript examines the importance of grazing lands for sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC), providing societal benefits, and potential influences on them of emerging policies and…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- 2008 Farm Bill
- economic benefits
- environmental benefits
- legislation
- pastures
- rangelands
- soil carbon sequestration
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- nutritive value
- grassland management
- forage
- carrying capacity
- steppes
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- rangelands
- compensation
- ecology
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- iron
- copper
- selenium
- nutritional status
- grazing
- ewes
- rangelands
- selenium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- environmental factors
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- quality
- forage
- phenology
- crude protein
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Ethiopia
- semiarid zones
- pastoral society
- Ethnic groups
- Structural Change
- land use
- pastoralism
- livestock management
- environmental degradation
- rangelands
- floodplains
- crops
- plant ecology
- seed
- germination
- regeneration
- population structure
- plant cover
- Drought Resistance
- Library Collection RecordA quarter century of oak woodland research in the Sierra foothills supports oak restorationPublication Date 2010
- monitoring and assessment
- Oaks
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are the least appreciated and one of the most endangered biomes in the US. Here are some reasons why we should care what happens to rangelands.Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- education
- management
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordPlant facilitation (positive plant-plant interactions) strongly influences biodiversity, structure, and dynamics in plant communities, and the topic has received considerable attention among…Publication Date 2010
- Arid and semi-arid rangelands
- Habitat modification
- Resource balance hypothesis
- wind erosion
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- grazing
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a manual-style Decision Support System that integrates land degradation indicators with adaptive management options and is designed for land managers to easily collect data and…Publication Date 2010
- innovations
- land degradation
- Manual
- monitoring
- participation
- rangelands
- degradation
- decision support systems
- management
- sustainability
- subsistence agriculture
- pastoralism
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe issue of sustainability and productivity of open communal rangelands compared to fenced rangelands is often subject to controversy. This study investigated differences in soil and grass layer…Publication Date 2010
- game
- livestock
- Lowveld
- overgrazing
- stocking rates
- grazing
- sustainability
- management
- Soil Condition
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- soil fertility
- Swaziland
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management…Publication Date 2010
- cover
- degradation
- Private land ownership
- seed mixtures
- standing crop
- Stock control
- rangelands
- rehabilitation
- animal impact
- communal farming
- biodiversity
- commercial agriculture
- plant production
- monitoring
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis site focuses on research and outreach on the diverse managed ecosystems that comprise California rangelands. We study and promote management to support the multitude of services that…Publication Date 2010
- watershed management
- rangelands
- water quality
- grazing management
- grazing
- Cryptosporidium
- California
- E. coli
- ecosystem services
- Library Collection RecordVegetation mapping of plant communities at fine spatial scales is increasingly supported by remote sensing technology. However, combining ecological ground truth information and remote sensing…Publication Date 2010
- cluster analysis
- Redundancy analysis
- Multivariate
- Supervised fuzzy c-means
- semiarid
- rangelands
- Namibia
- imaging spectroscopy
- remote sensing
- mapping
- vegetation dynamics
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHerbivores can act as dispersal vectors by purposely or accidentally ingesting ripe fruits, and thus endozoochory is one determining factor for plant distribution patterns. The objective of our study…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- germination
- Namaqualand
- Nature conservation management
- rangelands
- Succulent karoo
- management
- conservation
- ecology
- Succulent karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines if post-fire deferment and periodic rests provided by rotational grazing allowed for more rapid recovery of soil cover, soil chemical and physical parameters, and vegetation…Publication Date 2010
- grazing management
- infiltration
- prescribed burning
- soil health
- summer fire
- rangeland restoration
- Soil Condition
- management
- grazing
- fire ecology
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordDistance to grazing hotspots like watering points or farms is regularly used as proxy for grazing intensity in extended rangelands. In many studies the resulting patterns between distance and grazing…Publication Date 2010
- Ecological threshold
- Grazing hotspot
- piosphere
- rangelands
- state and transition model
- trampling
- grazing
- livestock
- management
- Library Collection RecordIn mobile pastoralism, strategies of mobility are highly heterogeneous within communities; some herders are frequently mobile and others are not. Moreover, pastoral mobility changes over time,…Publication Date 2010
- Mobile pastoralism
- Mobility
- Herders strategy
- Multi-agent model
- Co-existence mechanism
- rangelands
- pastoralism
- decision support systems
- subsistence agriculture
- drought
- socio-economic aspects
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection Record1. Up to 73% of the world s rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to exert even greater pressures on rangelands in…Publication Date 2010
- restoration ecology
- stocking rates
- grazing
- rangelands
- rainfall
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the effects of previous cultivation on regeneration potential under miombo woodlands in a resettlement area, a spatial product of Zimbabwe's land reforms. We predicted that…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- miombo codominants
- population structure
- reverted grasslands
- restoration ecology
- communal farming
- rural areas
- rangelands
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPredicting the effect of different management strategies on range condition is a challenge for farmers in highly variable environments. A model that explains how the relations between rainfall,…Publication Date 2010
- catastrophe theory
- complexity theory
- Disequilibrium
- hysteresis
- moving attractors
- vegetation dynamics
- livestock
- rainfall
- rangelands
- mangement
- rangeland condition
- modelling
- ecosystem ecology
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of predictions of communal rangeland collapse due to continuous grazing and increased livestock populations, this grazing system remains prevalent in communal areas, suggesting animals…Publication Date 2010
- cattle
- Graze
- key resource areas
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangelands
- grazing
- plant production
- soils
- soil organic carbon
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordInvasive cacti have been identified by the natural resource management community as a major threat to the biodiversity and primary production values of the rangelands of Australia. A number of…Publication Date 2010
- Cacti
- invasive species
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThrough our experiences and partnerships at Desert Knowledge CRC we have accumulated a combination of expertise and commitment to tackle the issues facing people in remote Australia, which we are now…Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- regional economies
- songlines
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian rangelands cover around 80% of the continent yet,from a biodiversity perspective, probably constitutes the most understudied part. To further the understanding of these ecosystems and…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- reference sites
- Library Collection RecordThis video summarizes the importance of rangelands and rangeland management in today's society.Publication Date 2010
- rangelands
- grazing management
- United States
- Library Collection RecordRangeland systems cover vast areas of the earth s surface containing great diversity of life, and contribute to the livelihoods and welfare of millions of people. The management of rangeland systems…Publication Date 2010
- behavioral syndromes
- grazing distribution
- Individual foraging behavior
- large herbivores
- phenotypic plasticity
- grazing management
- grazing
- management
- rangelands
- foraging ecology
- 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 RecordBare ground abundance is an important rangeland health indicator and its detection is a fundamental part of range management. Remote sensing of bare ground might offer solutions for land managers but…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- classification tree analysis
- desertification
- geographic information system (GIS)
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordPrecipitation-use efficiency (PUE) is a key determinant of aboveground net primary production (ANPP). We used long-term datasets to contrast ANPP and PUE estimates between northern (southeast Montana…Publication Date 2009-05-01
- climate change
- drought
- grasslands
- precipitation-use efficiency
- primary production
- rangelands
- water
- Library Collection RecordThe dehesa is defined as an agroforestry system that is characteristic of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, where grassland is combined with evergreen species of the genus Quercus. Those systems…Publication Date 2009-03-01
- livestock production
- management strategies
- MESMIS
- rangelands
- sustainability indicators