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- 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 RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1993
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDifferences in land-use management may result in different rangeland condition (soil, vegetation and biodiversity) and productivity. Vegetation condition in contrasting land-use management systems is…Publication Date 2009
- Chemical Properties
- enzyme activity
- land-use management
- microbial biomass
- rangeland degradation
- soil degradation
- rangelands
- management
- land use
- rangeland condition
- communal farming
- Commercial farming
- game farming
- North West Province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe goat, from a world wide view, is both hated and treasured because it survives and remains productive in areas that are seriously overgrazed and eroded. Goats are probably not the initial cause of…Publication Date 1978
- goats
- foraging ecology
- nutrition
- animal impact
- animal production
- degradation
- rangelands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere are few tests of the predicted decline of secondary productivity in desertified rangelands, despite this being one of the major concerns around desertification. Subtropical thicket, largely…Publication Date 2009
- body growth
- fleece production
- rangelands
- veld degradation
- animal production
- goats
- degradation
- rainfall
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe present study assessed the effects of deferred grazing management on rangeland condition using aboveground biomass, vegetation cover and species composition as indicators of range condition. The…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- rangeland
- biomass
- grazing management
- ngitili
- species diversity
- vegetation cover
- Shinyanga
- Meatu districts
- Tanzania
- Africa
- 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 RecordWildfires can have significant impacts on rangeland productivity and functionality causing substantial economic losses to affected farmers. In August 2011, such wildfires swept through the North West…Publication Date 2013
- fire ecology
- rangelands
- plant production
- management
- grazing
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- savanna
- rainfall
- grazing capacity
- erosion
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- South Africa
- 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 RecordIn this paper the use of fenced grazing camps to manage the rangeland commons is challenged. A historical perspective is presented on fencing and rotational grazing in South Africa. Two case studies…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- management
- communal agriculture
- rangelands
- fending
- Commercial farming
- land tenure
- socio-economic aspects
- biodiversity
- Sustainable development
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-ecological systems and…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rangelands
- socio-economic aspects
- Sustainable development
- climate change
- policy
- management
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe creation of local institutions with a mandate over land access and control is seen as a prerequisite for successful decentralisation of land tenure and effective local resource management in sub-…Publication Date 2013
- land tenure
- management
- policy
- rangelands
- communal agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper was prepared in response to a paper prepared by Vetter (in this issue) that addressed the issue of policy development related to sustainable management of rangelands. In line with the…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- Sustainable development
- management
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- livestock
- agriculture
- animal productivity
- Plant Productivity
- Msinga
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock farming in communal areas is an activity pursued by rural households as one of a range of livelihood strategies aimed at spreading risk. The cash and non-cash benefits derived from…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- policy
- management
- livestock production
- Poverty
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPolicy affecting the rangeland commons in South Africa has been based largely on management models developed for large-scale commercial farming. This paper examines the current policy situation and…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- Communal areas
- management
- Sustainable development
- agriculture
- livestock
- Tenure
- legislation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoil seed banks provide not only a historical record of vegetation composition but also the potential for post-disturbance revegetation. Pechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae (wild sage) is a multistemmed,…Publication Date 2012
- Okavango Delta
- rangelands
- semi-arid savanna
- shrub encroachment
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Swaziland
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEffects of mine dump pollution on semiarid savanna vegetation were investigated in Kombat, Namibia. Vegetation structure, species richness, composition and diversity were compared between polluted…Publication Date 2011
- heavy metals
- Kombat
- ordination
- vegetation
- pollution
- savanna
- mining
- mine dump
- species richness
- species diversity
- toxicity
- decision support systems
- Namibia
- 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 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 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 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 RecordRange revegetation research has been dominated by empirical studies that provide some information about what works or does not work under a given set of conditions, but tell us little or nothing…Publication Date 1991
- revegetation
- rangelands
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe present a remote sensing based vegetation mapping technique well suited to a heterogeneous, semi-arid environment. 10 structural vegetation classes were identified and described on the ground.…Publication Date 2000
- remote sensing
- mapping
- Landsat images
- rangelands
- disturbance
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of a manager's best attempts, a managed rangeland may hit an irreversible state in which it provides neither consumptive nor nonconsumptive services to humans. Therefore, given a…Publication Date 2005
- Irreversible state
- Markov chain
- range management
- uncertainty
- rangelands
- management
- rangeland condition
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe mediterranean ecosystems of the world harbor exceptional biodiversity, and factors such as livestock grazing which may negatively affect biodiversity are of global concern. The mediterranean…Publication Date 2009
- rangelands
- rangeland condition
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- biodiversity
- livestock
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- Karoo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Shrub encroachment, i.e. the increase in woody plant cover, is a major concern for livestock farming in southern Kalahari savannas. We developed a grid-based computer model simulating the…Publication Date 2004
- Acacia erioloba
- browsing
- Bush encroachment
- Savanna dynamics
- shrub invasion
- Spatial-explicit simulation model
- indigenous encroaching species
- modelling
- rangelands
- livestock
- savanna
- cattle
- fire ecology
- shrub encroachment
- stocking rates
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aim Wildlife and pastoral peoples have lived side-by-side in the Mara ecosystem of south-western Kenya for at least 2000 years. Recent changes in human population and landuse are…Publication Date 2004
- Kenya
- Maasai Mara
- pastoralism
- rangelands
- bomas
- livestock
- wildlife
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- tourism
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- 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 RecordProtected areas constitute strategy for biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately, these sanctuaries of biodiversity are submitted to a high human pressure in Togo. This study carried out in the Alé…Publication Date 2012
- vegetation
- diversity
- Pressure
- management
- Togo
- Africa
- 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 RecordDead shrubs lying on the soil surface in an arid shrubland in the southern Karoo have half-lives of 9 to 18 years depending on wood density which varies among species. Dung pellets of sheep and…Publication Date 1996
- ecosystem ecology
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- land use
- climate
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHierarchical classification based on proportional species composition of the grass layer was used to identify and classify semi-arid rangeland into range types. The relation between range types…Publication Date 1994
- rangelands
- classification
- savanna
- grasslands
- monitoring
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- vegetation
- soil types
- land use
- ecology
- South Dakota
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- vegetation
- prairies
- plant ecology
- grasslands
- drought
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- rangelands
- range management
- pasture plants
- nutritive value
- monitoring
- grazing management
- data collection
- data analysis
- Library Collection RecordSummary In savannas, degrading trends such as increasing woody cover are caused by livestock ranging. Hence, identifying sustainable utilisation intensities is crucial for range management. However,…Publication Date 2000
- ungulate herbivory
- semiarid rangelands
- degradation
- shrub encroachment
- savanna vegetation
- savanna
- sustainability
- management
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- animal production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Aims To identify approaches to improve our understanding of, and predictive capability for, mixed tree–grass systems. Elucidation of the interactions, dynamics and determinants, and…Publication Date 2003
- Coexistence
- competition
- facilitation
- modelling
- primary production
- savanna
- shrubland
- grasslands
- rangelands
- tree–grass ratios
- ecosystem dynamics
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA sampling system was devised and used from 1992 to 1996 in annual grassland and open woodland of the south-west Kenyan Rift Valley. The monitoring was designed to detect vegetation changes…Publication Date 2000
- range assessment
- savanna
- transect
- vegetation
- woodland
- ecosystem ecology
- land-use
- management
- rangeland condition
- monitoring
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRussian wildrye was introduced from Siberia as a forage crop; however, because of its erratic seed yields, it did not come into common use until the 1950s. Although it had been introduced to North…
- vegetation
- plants
- pasture plants
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordRainfall simulation studies on rangeland in the Ntondozi area of Swaziland showed that soil loss decreased exponentially with increasing vegetation cover. Vegetation exerted an important hydrological…Publication Date 1997
- soil erosion
- rangeland
- rainfall simulation
- rangelands
- rangeland condition
- runoff
- ecosystem dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordGullied and ungullied catchments in four areas of deeply weathered saprolite in the Middle Veld of Swaziland can be successfully separated (p<0.01) using discriminant analysis based on area and…Publication Date 2003
- gully erosion
- thresholds
- discriminant analysis
- Swaziland
- land use
- soil erosion
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2001
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- ecohydrology
- stochastic processes
- hydrology
- water stress
- water balance
- savanna
- grasslands
- Crossing analysis
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of four papers studies the complex dynamics of water-controlled ecosystems from the hydro-ecological point of view [e.g., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Water Resour. Res. 36 (1) (2000) 3–9].…Publication Date 2001
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- ecohydrology
- stochastic processes
- hydrology
- water stress
- water balance
- savanna
- grasslands
- Crossing analysis
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are complex systems with many interacting components. Modelling such systems presents two particular and interrelated problems. Firstly, the processes involved operate on greatly differing…Publication Date 1999
- Frame based
- model
- rangelands
- simulation
- modelling
- stocking rates
- grazing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe use a dynamic stochastic simulation model of forage, herbivores, predators and domestic livestock in the Machakos District of Kenya to address policies related to the multiple use of rangeland…Publication Date 1997
- policies
- grazing
- livestock
- land use
- rangelands
- Traditional management
- commercial agriculture
- conservation
- pastoralism
- Forage Quantity
- drought
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe constructed a simple simulation model (SESS) of the dynamics of forage growth and standing crop and cattle production to evaluate the ecological sustainability of management alternatives for…Publication Date 2003
- models
- simulation
- Grazinglands
- rangelands
- Semi-arid zones
- ANP
- sustainability
- range condition
- grazing
- Cattle reproduction
- forage quality
- cattle
- management
- plant production
- animal production
- soils
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- rangelands
- plant ecology
- North Dakota
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