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- Library Collection RecordAbstract The ecogeomorphic processes occurring on semiarid rangelands are reviewed, with emphasis on the source-sink relations and positive feedback loops that existed between shrub patches and…Publication Date 2009
- intershrub areas
- shrubs
- soil resources
- trampling routes
- rangelands
- livestock
- Soil Condition
- grazing
- ecosystem dynamics
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- steppes
- grassland management
- desertification
- economic development
- family farms
- overgrazing
- environmental protection
- Agricultural policies
- desertification
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Weeds
- woody plants
- colonizing ability
- farmland
- marginal land
- tropical forests
- mixed forests
- meadows
- botanical composition
- Nature conservation
- cultivation
- grassland management
- Norway
- Thailand
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- livestock
- transhumance
- summer
- pastures
- milk production
- Support measures
- Structural Change
- cultural heritage
- landscape
- biodiversity
- farmers
- motivation
- Constraints
- highlands
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- livestock
- summer
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Sudan
- animal husbandry
- forage
- grassland management
- rangelands
- sandy soils
- clay soils
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- animal husbandry
- grassland management
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- grassland management
- nitrogen fertilizers
- fertilizer application
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- Lolium perenne
- Trifolium repens
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- landscape
- grassland management
- endangered species
- biodiversity
- Nature conservation
- species
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- environment
- ecosystems
- dairy farms
- rivers
- grassland management
- vegetation
- fauna
- vegetation
- fauna
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grassland management
- plant ecology
- vegetation
- habitats
- endangered species
- environment
- biodiversity
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grassland management
- quality
- feeds
- wild plants
- dominant species
- crude protein
- fields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grassland management
- livestock
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Forest Protection
- forestry
- forest trees
- regeneration
- forest management
- soil chemicophysical properties
- livestock
- pastures
- grazing
- regeneration
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- farming systems
- livestock
- land degradation
- Feed production
- Fodder
- grazing systems
- animal production
- food production
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- grassland management
- profitability
- China
- Library Collection RecordPrimary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism and ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake…Publication Date 2009
- agropastoralism
- energy intake
- ranching
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- pastoralism
- diet selection
- grazing
- management
- animal production
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- horses
- animal husbandry
- pastures
- pollution
- grassland management
- cesium
- pollution
- Library Collection RecordIngestion of small amounts of condensed tannin (CT) by ruminants can prevent bloat, improve nitrogen retention, and reduce excretion of urea, a precursor of ammonia and the greenhouse gas nitrous…Publication Date 2008-05-01
- livestock
- pollution reduction
- quebracho tannin
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is an invasive annual grass that creates near-homogenous stands in areas throughout the Intermountain sagebrush steppe and challenges successful native plant…Publication Date 2008-01-01
- cheatgrass
- clipping
- grazing
- livestock
- native plant restoration
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordWebsite by Genyce Hanson concerning Toxic Plants, Education, Livestock and other subjectsPublication Date 2008
- poisonous plants
- education
- livestock
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThe emerging carbon economy will have a major impact on grazing businesses due to significant livestock methane and land-use change emissions. Livestock methane alone accounts for around 11% of…Publication Date 2008
- carbon
- livestock
- methane emission
- budgets
- Library Collection RecordSummary 10.1002/9780470292136.ch4.abs This chapter contains sections titled: * Objectives for This Chapter * Introduction * Factors Influencing the Agricultural Use of Animals * Animal Distribution…Publication Date 2008
- food production
- physiological adaptation
- buffalo
- livestock
- veterinary service
- agriculture
- management
- sustainability
- animal production
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSemi-arid areas are often considered to be environmentally and economically marginal, a situation which has been exacerbated by economic change, shifts in agricultural production and land use, and…Publication Date 2008
- Dry land degradation
- Economic decline
- Livestock trends
- population change
- Small towns
- rangelands
- Economic Aspects
- livestock
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe compared prediction of in vivo dry matter (DMD) and neutral detergent fiber (aNDFD) digestibility by the following techniques: (1) Tilley and Terry two-stage in vitro (conventional in vitro or…Publication Date 2008
- Digestion Techniques
- Filter bags
- Grinding size
- in vitro digestibility
- livestock
- animal nutrition
- fodder quality
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIncreases of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina Woot.) in southwestern grasslands might have been caused by livestock consumption of fuels that once burned with sufficient frequency and intensity to…Publication Date 2007-09-01
- burn
- exotic grasses
- foliage volume
- fuels
- grazing
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of wild herbivores on cattle diet selection were investigated in an East African rangeland during August 2001 and February 2002. The study compared cattle diets in plots exclusively…Publication Date 2007-03-01
- forbs
- livestock
- megaherbivores
- nutrition
- productivity
- wild herbivores
- Library Collection RecordAs part of an investigation of land degradation in the South African Karoo, three types of fine sediment signatures (radionuclides, mineral magnetism and sediment geochemistry) were used to trace the…Publication Date 2007
- Sediment fingerprinting
- South African Karoo
- Erosion history
- Extreme events
- 137Cs and 210Pb
- land use
- soils
- management
- grazing
- fire
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the biodiversity rich regions of western South Africa transhumance grazing strategies were practised for thousands of years. Today only vestiges of these systems remain with private ownership…Publication Date 2007
- Ecosystem goods and services
- livestock management
- productivity
- phenology
- landscape heterogeneity
- livestock
- management
- ecosystem dynamics
- Economic Aspects
- ecosystem services
- grazing
- household income studies
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of two papers describes a mechanistic model that simulates within years the productivity of vegetation and livestock on the communal semi-arid rangeland of the Succulent Karoo of South…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid rangelands
- Mechanistic model
- plant growth
- diet selection
- food intake
- animal productivity
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- animal production
- communal farming
- livestock
- management
- soil moisture
- rainfall
- runoff
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFarm practices in the Sneeuberg Mountains, Karoo, South Africa are examined to assess their contribution to the development of the observed gullies and badlands. Data from the literature is augmented…Publication Date 2007
- erosion
- land degradation
- range management
- vegetation
- grazing
- Stock
- management
- degradation
- land use
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAdequate water supplies are essential to efficient livestock production. In many areas livestock are in conflict with crops for water and for key areas of use. Both surface and underground sources…Publication Date 2007
- Livestock drinking water
- Resource conflict
- Organization and management of water
- participation
- Cost recovery
- hydrology
- agriculture
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock type (cattle-to-sheep ratio) and stocking rate on grassland species richness and vegetation composition were tested using two long-term trials in Highland Sourveld Grassland…Publication Date 2007
- grasslands
- grazing
- South Africa
- KwaZulu - Natal
- plant diversity
- grazing
- environmental aspects
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- stocking rates
- grassland
- species richness
- fire
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Angela Freeman concerning Grazing, Livestock, Rangeland Management and other subjectsPublication Date 2007
- grazing
- livestock
- grassland management
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordA national-level land degradation risk monitoring system identified an important grazing area in central northern Namibia as an area at risk of environmental change. A time series analysis of primary…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid
- local knowledge
- rainfall variability
- water supply
- grazing
- land management
- degradation
- data analysis
- grasslands
- livestock
- rainfall
- participatory rural appraisal
- decision support systems
- management
- traditional knowledge
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of drought on grazing patterns of livestock in a communal rangeland in Namaqualand. Water points were the foci of almost all grazing routes even…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- drought
- Livestock farming
- Livestock activity patterns
- communal rangeland
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoral production around artificial watering points in semi-arid environments affects the density and composition of plant communities. In the Kalahari desert of southwestern Africa, bush…Publication Date 2007
- Rural livelihoods
- watering points
- land degradation
- Fodder trees
- Indigenous ecological knowledge
- Herero
- pastoralism
- traditional knowledge
- piosphere
- degradation
- cattle
- household income studies
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing may or may not be an exogenous disturbance facilitating the spread of exotic grasses, perhaps depending on the historical importance of native ungulates in a particular grassland.…Publication Date 2007
- Boer Lovegrass
- disturbance
- invasion
- Lehmann lovegrass
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in Eritrea are degraded due to decades of overstocking and consequent overgrazing. Since the rangelands are accessible to entire village communities, organisation and coordinated…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- degradation
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- grazing
- Commercial farming
- cattle
- household income studies
- forage
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Lovina Roselle concerning Grazing, Fire, Livestock and other subjectsPublication Date 2007
- grazing
- fire ecology
- livestock
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordHousing developments are replacing ranches in the southwestern United States, with potentially significant but little-studied ecological effects. We counted grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and…Publication Date 2006-11-01
- Acrididae
- fire
- forbs
- grasslands
- grazing
- livestock
- mesquite
- oak
- Library Collection RecordScaled quail (Callipepla squamata pallida Vigors) are closely associated with semidesert grasslands of the southwestern United States, and populations have declined by as much as 50% since 1960.…Publication Date 2006-05-01
- Callipepla squamata
- grazing
- livestock
- exotic grasses
- semidesert grassland
- Chihuahuan desertscrub
- 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 2006-02-01
- stubble
- vegetation
- environmental monitoring
- riparian areas
- livestock
- grazing management
- Library Collection RecordFencing pasture streams, ponds, and wetlands can improve fish and wildlife habitat and benefit agricultural landowners. The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management…Publication Date 2006-02-01
- livestock
- grazing
- riparian areas
- fences
- wildlife habitats
- environmental protection
- habitat management for wildlife
- 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 2006-02-01
- livestock
- grazing management
- stream channels
- riparian areas
- guidelines
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordWe introduce the five rangeland types found in the arid and semiarid regions of South Africa, namely Arid Savanna, Arid Grassland, Nama-karoo, Succulent Karoo, and Thicket, and describe the important…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- savanna
- livestock
- grazing
- management
- commercial agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Eastern Sierra region of California is on the western edge of the Great Basin Desert of the United States. Livestock are typically grazed on a mix of private and public lands. Public lands are…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- Natural resources management
- conservation (storage)
- livestock
- California
- Library Collection RecordBook by Karen Launchbaugh et al. concerning Grazing, Rangeland Management, Livestock and other subjectsPublication Date 2006
- grazing
- grassland management
- livestock
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordReport by Kenneth Sanders concerning Monitoring, Rangeland Management and other subjectsPublication Date 2006
- monitoring
- grassland management
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThis paper provides an analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Molopo Basin, South Africa. It details the influence that soil type, livestock…Publication Date 2006
- cyanobacterial soil crusts
- Kalahari
- soil nutrients
- shrub encroachment
- Acacia mellifera
- soil classification
- livestock
- disturbance
- grasslands
- grazing
- Africa
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