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- Library Collection RecordAbstract Grazing is one of the key processes in terrestrial ecosystems and this can be provided by both indigenous and domestic ungulates. However, a question remains whether or not traditional forms…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- dung beetles
- grazing
- land use
- indicator species
- livestock
- insects
- management
- conservation
- Vaalbos National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- grazing lands
- mixed pastures
- grasslands
- meadows
- Pasture Improvement
- grassland management
- international cooperation
- international organizations
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- watersheds
- watershed management
- soil management
- meadows
- grasslands
- grassland management
- crop yield
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- nutritive value
- grassland management
- forage
- carrying capacity
- steppes
- rangelands
- 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 RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South 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 RecordPublication Date 2009
- cattle
- grazing systems
- grazing intensity
- grassland management
- Natural pastures
- sown pastures
- Wintering
- Library Collection RecordField Guide by Andrea Stebleton et al. concerning Fire, Rangeland Management, Monitoring and other subjectsPublication Date 2009
- fire ecology
- grassland management
- monitoring
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordField Guide by Andrea Stebleton et al. concerning Fire, Rangeland Management, Monitoring and other subjectsPublication Date 2009
- fire ecology
- grassland management
- monitoring
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- animal husbandry
- grassland management
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe new African National Congress government announced after 1994 that municipal commonage would be a pillar of their land reform programme. The Department of Land Affairs spearheaded this by…Publication Date 2009
- Direct-use value of livestock
- Livelihoods
- Local government
- Municipal commonage
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- common land
- income
- land reform
- landownership
- Livestock farming
- Local government
- productivity
- rural economy
- stakeholder
- subsistence agriculture
- policies
- legislation
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- land use
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record[13th Conference on animal production, 12th and 13th May, 2009, Zaragoza [Spain]], Joy Torrens, M.Calvo Costa, J.H.Calvete Margolles, C.Latorre Górriz, M.A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Panea Doblao, B.Sanz…Publication Date 2009
- cattle
- grazing systems
- livestock management
- grazing intensity
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- animal feeding
- grassland management
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- chemical composition
- grazing lands
- Feed grasses
- energy
- forage
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- animal husbandry
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this study was to clarify whether the changes in percent cover of plant functional types (i.e., life forms and growth forms) along a grazing gradient reflect the livestock number,…Publication Date 2009
- grazing intensity
- plant functional type
- rangeland ecology
- semi-arid
- grazing
- livestock
- management
- sheep
- grasslands
- plant anatomy
- plant autecology
- vegetation dynamics
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordWildfires are a serious problem affecting many terrestrial ecosystems and causing substantial economic damage. Understanding the variation in structure of fuels (which are predominantly represented…Publication Date 2009
- fire ecology
- Terrestrial ecosystem
- Fuel structure
- vegetation
- plant litter
- Object oriented database
- Fuel modeling
- Fuel succession
- Fuel manager
- modelling
- management
- 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
- rangelands
- grazing lands
- grasslands
- Feed grasses
- Feed Crops
- plants
- identification
- provenance
- Germplasm collections
- seed production
- topography
- climatic factors
- geography
- vegetation
- Collection
- identification
- provenance
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- meadows
- pastures
- grasslands
- grassland management
- Feed Crops
- grain crops
- Cereal crops
- Herbage crops
- Library Collection RecordLandscapes commonly comprise of mosaics, patches and boundaries. Riparian boundaries are complex to delineate and characterize, with a multitude of variables available for delineation. Multiple…Publication Date 2009
- Boundary
- vegetation
- Delineation
- Kruger National Park
- national parks
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDespite the importance of livestock to poor people and the magnitude of the changes that are likely to befall livestock systems, the intersection of climate change and livestock in developing…Publication Date 2009
- development
- research
- Poverty
- impact
- livestock
- systems
- climate change
- household income studies
- pastoralism
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed whether prior foraging by wild herbivores affected foraging behaviour of cattle in Laikipia rangeland, Kenya, during February 2001, August 2001 and February 2002. The study compared…Publication Date 2009
- competition
- bite rate
- foraging behaviour
- livestock
- private land
- Step rate
- wildlife
- foraging ecology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock are a global resource of significant benefits to society in the form of food, income, nutrients, employment, insurance, traction, clothing and others. In the process of providing these…Publication Date 2009
- agriculture
- livestock
- greenhouse gases
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe impacts of climate change are expected to be generally detrimental for agriculture in many parts of Africa. Overall, warming and drying may reduce crop yields by 10-20% to 2050, but there are…Publication Date 2009
- Season failure
- Poverty
- Agricultural systems
- Targeting
- climate change
- global warming
- agriculture
- drought
- animal production
- plant production
- livestock
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- toxicity
- phytotoxins
- livestock
- summer
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangelands
- vegetation
- forage
- density
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- vegetation
- rangelands
- forests
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordHuman land use such as pastoralism may be a key determinant of wildlife populations. We studied the influence of land use on wildlife and livestock in south-western Kalahari, Botswana, during the wet…Publication Date 2009
- Carnivore
- distance
- herbivore
- Mammal
- Ostrich
- savanna
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- livestock
- pastoralism
- cattle
- species richness
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNatural resource management may change local and regional ecosystems, especially in drought-prone environments. Livestock are commonly kept as a source of capital in agriculturally dominated…Publication Date 2009
- desertification
- erosion
- Holistic management
- riparian grazing
- management
- degradation
- communal farming
- ecosystem dynamics
- livestock
- watering points
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, we asked the Ariaal herders of northern Kenya to answer 'why, what and how' they classified landscape, and assessed and monitored the biodiversity of 10 km2 of grazing land.…Publication Date 2009
- Anthropogenic indicators
- Ariaal
- biodiversity
- Indigenous knowledge
- Grazing suitability
- landscape classification
- Landscape potential
- traditional knowledge
- pastoralism
- monitoring
- grazing
- grasslands
- land use
- Soil Condition
- livestock
- conservation
- management
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAccurate reconstructions of past hydrological variability are essential for understanding the climate history of the tropics. In tropical Africa, the relative proportion of vegetation utilizing the…Publication Date 2009
- vegetation
- n-alkane
- Lignin phenol
- Compound-specific carbon isotope
- Paleoclimate
- East Africa
- 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
- socioeconomic development
- socioeconomic environment
- grassland management
- pastures
- quality
- Dairy cattle
- linear programming
- farm size
- economic viability
- Turkey
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangeland soils
- vegetation
- Cover plants
- forage
- production
- density
- vegetation
- production
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- vegetation
- ecosystems
- grasslands
- Cover plants
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- farming systems
- livestock
- land degradation
- Feed production
- Fodder
- grazing systems
- animal production
- food production
- Library Collection Record[13rh Conference on animal production, 12th and 13th May, 2009, Zaragoza [Spain]], Joy Torrens, M.Calvo Costa, J.Calvete Margolles, C.Latorre Górriz, M.A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Panea Dobla, B.Sanz Pascua…Publication Date 2009
- Sorghum bicolor
- grassland management
- grazing systems
- crop yield
- animal performance
- Mexico
- Sorghum bicolor
- Sorghum bicolor
- Mexico
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grasslands
- vegetation
- biodiversity
- subsidies
- Indicator Plants
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- China
- sheep
- grazing
- grassland management
- profitability
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- horses
- animal husbandry
- pastures
- pollution
- grassland management
- cesium
- pollution
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- genetic soil types
- Geomorphology
- land use
- climatic factors
- watersheds
- water erosion
- environmental impact
- research projects
- vegetation
- 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
- grassland management
- livestock
- carrying capacity
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- crops
- crop rotation
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- soil types
- soil chemicophysical properties
- soil biology
- soil fertility
- Statistical methods
- field experimentation
- crop yield
- Canada
- vegetation
- Canada
- Canada
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- Sorghum bicolor
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- land use
- land classification
- climatic factors
- water erosion
- soil conservation
- Sorghum bicolor
- vegetation
- Sorghum bicolor
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- vegetation
- flora
- pastures
- hay
- animal husbandry
- cattle
- animal diseases
- animal feeding
- proximate composition
- protein content
- diffusion of information
- higher education
- research projects
- vegetation
- flora
- Library Collection RecordCaracterización biofÃsica y evaluación de la aptitud de las tierras en el área de seguridad PEQUIVEN e INVEPAL, PetroquÃmica de Venezuela S.A.: PEQUIVEN, Morón (Venezuela).- Morón (Venezuela…Publication Date 2009
- vegetation
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- land classification
- cattle
- development projects
- Regional development
- legislation
- Nature conservation
- vegetation
- legislation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grassland management
- quality
- feeds
- wild plants
- dominant species
- crude protein
- fields
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