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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- cattle
- Veterinary medicine
- diseases
- disease control
- animal diseases
- animal health
- lactation
- grazing lands
- pastures
- grasslands
- lactation
- Library Collection RecordCattle can damage streams and surrounding vegetation (riparian areas) by over-grazing riparian vegetation, breaking down banks, decreasing water quality, which can reduce fish populations and…Publication Date 2012
- riparian zones
- cattle
- streams
- Upland areas
- livestock feed
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- control methods
- fires
- rangelands
- Ethiopia
- grazing
- Nature conservation
- biodiversity
- species
- land use
- Library Collection RecordAbstract A new trial investigating wet season spelling (with and without early wet season burning) to improve land condition commenced on Delamere station in the Victoria River District (VRD) in…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- 3P grasses
- Australia
- savanna burning
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The contribution of non-domestic grazing pressure to pastoral areas of western NSW has been reported to increase grazing intensity by at least 50%. Any control of these external grazing…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Australia
- ground cover
- Library Collection RecordThese stories provide examples of how University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (UACE) translates research-based information to help people solve real, everyday problems and improve the quality of…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- grazing management
- ranching
- economics
- profitability
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordThe beef industry has seen a remarkable transition over the last fifty years. Although, most of the animals are still born and raised by small ranches, the vast majority are processed at an…Publication Date 2012
- cattle
- ranching
- cooperatives
- California
- Local Food
- Library Collection RecordThis article provides a brief overview of what life was like in Arivaca after 1912. Arivaca was essentially a company town of the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company (ALCC). The ALCC owned the town store…Publication Date 2012
- ranching
- history
- cattle
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The conflict that exists between the competing needs of biological conservation and those of pastoral production is well recognised, however, few studies examine these conflicts due to…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- production
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAchieving economically optimum livestock production on rangelands can conflict with conservation strategies that require lower stocking rate to maintain wildlife habitat. Combining the spatial and…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- biodiversity
- conservation grazing
- fire
- heterogeneity
- patch burn
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordLandspraying while drilling (LWD) is an approved disposal method for water-based drilling mud (WBM) systems in western Canada. The mud is applied either on cultivated land, where it is incorporated…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- biodiversity
- energy exploitation
- hydrocarbon extraction
- native rangelands
- oil and natural gas
- Library Collection Record1 GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF PROHIBITED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- prohibited species
- invasive species
- biodiversity
- Weeds
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe review the relevance and use of stable isotopes for the study of plant community succession. Stable isotope measurements provide information on the origin of resources acquired by plants, the…Publication Date 2011
- ecosystem ecology
- plant community
- succession
- isotypes
- soil nutrients
- soil organic matter
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- species richness
- fire ecology
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 10-17Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- natural grasslands
- wetlands
- biodiversity
- pastures
- grazing
- grassland management
- beef
- species
- agricultural economics
- projects
- research
- Sweden
- Library Collection Record1. Spatially explicit understanding of the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (ES) from global to local scales is currently limited. New studies analysing the simultaneous provision of multiple…Publication Date 2011
- of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem services
- functional trade-offs
- landscape modelling
- mountain grassland management
- plant functional traits
- management
- grassland
- modelling
- ecosystem services
- policy
- land use
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- plant functional traits
- Central French Alps
- Europe
- 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. While positive effects of biodiversity on temporal stability of communities have been demonstrated in theoretical and empirical studies, diversity -stability relationships at the population level…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- covariance
- plant population and community dynamics
- population stability
- synchrony
- temporal stability
- species richness
- plant production
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordIn communal areas of NE Zimbabwe, feed resources are collectively managed, with herds grazing on grasslands during the rainy season and mainly on crop residues during the dry season, which creates…Publication Date 2011
- Crop-livestock interactions
- Dynamic modelling
- cattle
- crop residues
- grasslands
- livestock
- foraging ecology
- soil organic carbon
- soil fertility
- management
- communal farming
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe use of surrogates for biodiversity is a practical tool to improve the cost effectiveness of regional conservation planning. However, there is still much uncertainty about the biological…Publication Date 2011
- disjunction
- ecological barriers
- Mitchell Landscapes
- regional conservation
- Surrogate
- biodiversity
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas are effective at stopping biodiversity loss, but their placement is constrained by the needs of people. Consequently protected areas are often biased toward areas that are…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- biodiversity
- Economic Aspects
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- Library Collection Record[14th Conference on animal production, 17th and 18th May, 2011, Zaragoza [Spain]], Sanz Pascua, A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Joy Torrens, M.Ãlvarez RodrÃguez, J.Calvo Costa, J.H.Panea Doblao, B.Muñoz Ã…Publication Date 2011
- Spain
- cattle
- beef cattle
- farm management
- grazing systems
- profitability
- productivity
- classification
- Statistical methods
- classification
- Library Collection Record[14th Conference on animal production, 17th and 18th May, 2011, Zaragoza [Spain]], Sanz Pascua, A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Joy Torrens, M.Ãlvarez RodrÃguez, J.Calvo Costa, J.H.Panea Doblao, B.Muñoz Ã…Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- feed intake
- faeces
- evaluation
- methods
- polymers
- feces
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordFirst page of Land, Food, and Biodiversity Agriculture currently occupies over 40% of Earth's land area and consumes 70% of available freshwater. Production systems have increased food output in…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- animal production
- plant production
- Economic Aspects
- ecology
- conservation
- land use
- management
- Library Collection RecordThe relevance of land-use planning tools such as the Land Use and Allocation Plan (LUAP)is more than ever a necessity to face challenges of natural resources degradation (water, soil and forest) the…Publication Date 2011
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- climate change
- food security
- Senegal
- Senegal
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not avaiable.Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- climate change
- global warming
- rainfall
- Nigeria
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordThe Red List of South African plants published in 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, assessed for the first time the conservation status of all 20 456 of South Africa's described…Publication Date 2011
- Red Data List
- conservation
- biodiversity
- taxa
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 109-122Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- horses
- grazing
- meadows
- private farms
- tourism
- landscape conservation
- biodiversity
- research
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordThe South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) recently released the outcome of the South Africa-Norway bio-safety cooperation project 'Monitoring the environmental impacts of GM…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- genetically modified
- GM
- Maize
- biodiversity
- insects
- insecticide
- environmental impact
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe South African government, as part of its efforts to mitigate the effects of the ongoing energy crisis, has proposed that biofuels should form an important part of the country's energy supply…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Alien invasive species
- land use
- management
- policies
- biofuels
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoil solution nitrogen (N) concentrations in a non-fertilized Japanese lawngrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.; JL, native species) pasture were compared with those in a fertilized tall fescue (Festuca…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- pastures
- cattle
- soil nutrients
- fertiliser
- Grazed pasture
- soil solution nitrogen
- Zoysia japonica Steud
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordArthropods are valuable biological indicators owing to strong relationships with primary producers. The supposition that arthropod-plant interactions are constant over seasons was tested using Mantel…Publication Date 2011
- arthropod community composition
- Bloemfontein Dry Grassland
- Mantel test
- plant community composition
- trophic interactions
- insects
- biological indicators
- plant production
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- Free State province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- calves
- grasslands
- pastures
- Parturition
- Breeds (animals)
- milk production
- Statistical methods
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 62-81Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- horses
- grazing
- cooperation
- models
- farmers
- floodplains
- Nature reserves
- Nature conservation
- economic situation
- research
- cooperation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- ruminants
- cattle
- feeding
- grazing
- rumination
- movement
- measurement
- Pressure
- automation
- evaluation
- rumination
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- ruminants
- cattle
- feeding
- grazing
- rumination
- movement
- measurement
- Pressure
- automation
- evaluation
- rumination
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- calves
- grasslands
- pastures
- Parturition
- Breeds (animals)
- milk production
- Statistical methods
- Parturition
- Library Collection Record1. Ecological edges (zones separating ecosystems or land cover types) can function as active boundaries, unique habitats and dynamic transition zones. Abiotic factors, species and species…Publication Date 2011
- savanna
- ecosystem structure
- Ecosystem function
- edge effects
- grazing
- cattle
- Acacia drepanolobium
- boma
- continuous response function
- Crematogaster
- edge depth
- habitat fragmentation
- multiple edges
- Tetraponera penzigi
- Laikipia
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 52-61Publication Date 2011
- private farms
- agriculture
- grasslands
- beef cattle
- grazing
- meat production
- forestry
- biodiversity
- water conservation
- Organic agriculture
- Finland
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordMopane savannah is one of the predominant dry vegetations of southern Africa. Despite the extensive number of previous studies, there are few quantitative descriptions of the vegetation types where…Publication Date 2011
- Colophospermum mopane
- Combretaceae
- savannah
- Zambezi Valley
- species richness
- biodiversity
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- dairy farms
- animal feeding
- pastures
- productivity
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordGOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister for…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- exempted species
- invasive species
- biodiversity
- Weeds
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification negatively affects farmland biodiversity, and thereby, ecosystem services such as predation of weed seeds. Landscape complexity (large and diverse areas of semi-natural…Publication Date 2011
- Carabids
- ecosystem services
- plant-animal interactions
- Post-dispersal seed predation
- Slugs
- small mammals
- commercial agriculture
- seeds
- biodiversity
- invertebrates
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- Germany
- 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 RecordQuestions: What are the interactive effects of flooding and cattle trampling upon the structural attributes and the floristic composition of a plant community? Do the effects on the plant community…Publication Date 2011
- community structure
- flooding
- Grassland recovery
- grazing
- Lotus tenuis
- trampling
- grassland
- cattle
- management
- Flooding Pampa grasslands
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- dairy farms
- animal feeding
- pastures
- productivity
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- farming systems
- cattle
- agriculture
- roughage
- consumers
- animals
- policies
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 82-97Publication Date 2011
- Organic agriculture
- Farms
- plant production
- animal production
- cooperation
- Agricultural products
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- environmental factors
- research
- cooperation