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- Library Collection RecordWe compared the influence of patch-burn grazing to traditional range management practices on abundance of the most economically injurious fly parasites of cattle. Horn flies (Haematobia irritans),…Publication Date 2015-05
- ecology
- patch-burning
- pest management
- production
- pyric-herbivory
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the influence of patch-burn grazing to traditional range management practices on abundance of the most economically injurious fly parasites of cattle. Horn flies (Haematobia irritans),…Publication Date 2015-05
- ecology
- patch-burning
- pest management
- production
- pyric-herbivory
- rangeland
- Library Collection RecordThe Nullarbor region is a vast gently undulating limestone based plain through Western Australia and South Australia (Figure 1). The climate is arid or semi-arid, with hot dry summers, cold winters…Publication Date 2015
- ecology
- ecosystem
- innovation
- production
- sustainability
- transition
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordCattle fecal pats readily ignite, are a common source of spot fires, and release extreme amounts of energy when burning. Moreover, dung-dependent livestock parasites can be reduced by combusting…Publication Date 2014-03
- disturbance
- ecology
- fuel
- grazing
- parasites
- weather
- Library Collection RecordCattle fecal pats readily ignite, are a common source of spot fires, and release extreme amounts of energy when burning. Moreover, dung-dependent livestock parasites can be reduced by combusting…Publication Date 2014-03
- disturbance
- ecology
- fuel
- grazing
- parasites
- weather
- Library Collection RecordThe untimely passing away of Rob Scott-Shaw on 9 December 2012 came as a great shock to his family, friends and colleagues. Rob’s dedicated work ethic and commanding knowledge of botanical…Publication Date 2014
- tribute
- ecology
- grasslands
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordA brief overview of the ecology of North American Pronghorn in Arizona.Publication Date 2014
- ecology
- wildlife management
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the characteristics of soil seed banks in highly endangered renosterveld vegetation and adjacent degraded sites? What is the contribution of the soil seed bank to restoring…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- soils
- seed bank
- degradation
- agriculture
- fire ecology
- management
- restoration ecology
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous vegetation
- wartland Shale Renosterveld
- Cape Floristic Region
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPlant functional diversity and soil microbial community composition are tightly coupled. Changes in these interactions may influence ecosystem functioning. Links between plant functional diversity,…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- Ecosystem function
- soils
- spceis diversity
- grasslands
- carbon dioxide
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Jason Campbell concerning Invasive Plants, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2013
- invasive species
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: In species response modelling, can a hierarchical logistic regression framework compete against GAM in terms of statistical inference? Are bimodal shapes useful to model species responses…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- modelling
- ecosystem analysis
- Bioindication
- environmental gradient
- Hierarchical modelling
- logistic regression
- Realized niche
- Species optimum
- species turnover
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth can be limited by resource acquisition and defence against consumers, leading to contrasting trade-off possibilities. The competition-defence hypothesis posits a trade-off between…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- Coexistence
- competition-defence hypothesis
- Life History
- mammalian herbivory
- Nutrient Network (NutNet)
- resource limitation
- tolerance
- top-down bottom-up
- trade-offs
- plant production
- fertilisers
- management
- nutrients
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordEthnobotany describes the relationship between people and plants. Research illustrating this relationship, both in New Zealand and abroad, is largely scattered throughout a number of disciplines…Publication Date 2013
- Ethnobotany
- socio-economic aspects
- ecology
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordA primary objective of ecological monitoring programs typically includes the efficient detection of population trends. Passerines as a group are important ecological indicators and are often included…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- monitoring
- availability
- Detection probability
- long-term monitoring
- Population trend
- Repeated counts
- Superpopulation
- conservation ecology
- denali national park and preserve
- Alaska
- Library Collection RecordCarbon storage in vegetation and soil underpins climate regulation through carbon sequestration. Because plant species differ in their ability to capture, store and release carbon, the collective…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon sequestration
- carbon dioxide
- soils
- land use
- Chaco forest
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordThis research was conducted because of concerns surrounding the fragmentation of Pronghorn habitat in the Big Chino Valley, Arizona. To promote the long-term viability of the resident pronghorn herd…Publication Date 2013
- habitats
- wildlife management
- GIS
- movement
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordDisturbances (pulse, press and ramp) constitute a major force influencing, even determining, the structure and functions of ecological components – populations, communities and ecosystems. The…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- degradation
- disturbance
- ecological restoration
- resilience
- resistance
- ecosystem ecology
- restoration ecology
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are dynamic ecosystems that produce a wide variety of goods and services desired by society, including livestock forage, wildlife habitat, water, mineral resources, wood products,…Publication Date 2012
- classification
- ecology
- succession
- disturbance
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Chris Bernau concerning Fire, Invasive Plants, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- invasive species
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThis book introduces experimental design and data analysis / interpretation as well as field monitoring skills for both plants and animals. Clearly structured throughout and written in a student-…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Sam Lossing concerning Rangeland Management, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- grassland management
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Ben Wissinger concerning Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection Recordhe fourth-corner problem entails estimation and statistical testing of the relationship between species traits and environmental variables from the analysis of three data tables. In a 2008 paper, S.…Publication Date 2012
- ecological community
- fourth-corner statistic
- functional ecology
- permutational model
- RLQ analysis
- sequential test
- species traits
- ecology
- statistical analysis
- ecosystem analysis
- Library Collection RecordThe CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere may double during this century. Plant responses to such an increase depend strongly on their nitrogen status, but the reasons have been uncertain.…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- C3
- C4
- climate change
- CO2 acclimation
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
- nitrogen
- plant distributions
- grasslands
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Natural pastures
- climatic factors
- grasses
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- desertification
- grasslands
- ecology
- desertification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- ecology
- degradation
- degradation
- Library Collection RecordRangelands are home to a diverse array of plants and animals. Learn more about the plants that inhabit rangelands. Some plant species are known to be poisonous to livestock and should be identified…Publication Date 2011
- ecology
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDissertation by Javier Naupari concerning Remote Sensing, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2011
- remote sensing
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordOver the past few years, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have been acquiring long-term rights over large areas of land in Africa. Together with applicable national and…Publication Date 2011
- policies
- land use
- Economic Aspects
- politics
- International Institute for Environment and Development policy
- research
- climate
- ecology
- urban
- economics
- sustainability
- legislation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordJournalist Heather Dugmore is up in arms about Shell's bid to start hydraulic fracturing over 30000 square kilometres in the Karoo in the hunt for natural gas reserves. Here her article '…Publication Date 2011
- fracking
- shale gas
- Karoo
- natural gas
- ecology
- pollution
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Julie Finzel concerning Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2011
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: In the past few months, NatureWatch volunteers have been helping our grasslands by getting out and searching for Growling Grass Frogs, Striped Legless Lizards and Plains Yam Daisies, and…Publication Date 2011
- grassland animals
- ecology
- wildlife
- conservation
- grassland
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordDespite the Roggeveldberge comprising the montane heart of the celebrated Hantam-Roggeveld Centre of Plant Endemism (HRC), this section of the southern Great Escarpment in South Africa is botanically…Publication Date 2011
- biogeography
- Endemic speciesFloristics
- Great Escarpment
- Hantam-Roggeveld Centre of Plant Endemism
- Komsberg
- Roggeveld
- phytogeography
- ecology
- plant community
- Great Escarpment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Almost a century ago, Josias Braun-Blanquet developed his phytosociological approach for vegetation field study. At that time, nobody could foresee what the impact of this methodology would…Publication Date 2011
- Large vegetation databases
- ecological information systems
- eco-informatics
- Turboveg
- SynBioSys
- ecology
- management
- data analysis
- land-use nature conservation
- policies
- 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 RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 18-33Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- projects
- wetlands
- rivers
- hydrology
- ecology
- research
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Past studies of first and last occurrence dates of phenological events have revealed close associations with climatic parameters. Consequently, it is widely acknowledged that recent…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- quantitative data analysis
- statistical analysis
- multivariate analysis
- sample size
- ecology
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- pastures
- seeds
- ecology
- botanical composition
- soil resources
- Library Collection RecordBush encroachment is a significant phenomenon in savanna environments as it affects wildlife and local livelihoods by preventing new pasture generation. In this article we present a 2000-year record…Publication Date 2010
- Indigenous knowledge
- pollen
- hyrax
- savanna
- indigenous encroaching species
- ecology
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Livestock grazing is often viewed as having detrimental effects on plants and plant communities. Livestock grazing can, however, be managed to be an effective tool for vegetation management…Publication Date 2010
- livestock
- grazing
- nutrition
- ecology
- management
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- fire ecology
- southern 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 RecordHerbivores are regulated by predation under certain environmental conditions, whereas under others they are limited by forage abundance and nutritional quality. Whether top-down or bottom-up…Publication Date 2010
- savanna
- ecosystem dynamics
- ecology
- animal production
- population ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHere we describe the fine root distribution of trees and grasses relative to soil nitrogen and water profiles. The primary objective is to improve our understanding of edaphic processes influencing…Publication Date 2010
- nitrogen
- root biomass
- savanna
- Trees and grasses
- water
- [delta]13C
- [delta]15N
- soils
- grasslands
- ecology
- ecosystem dynamics
- soil nutrition
- Kruger National Park
- South 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 RecordThe Kalahari Transect (KT) is an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme mega-transect designed to examine hydrological and ecological patterns and processes throughout the savannas of southern…Publication Date 2010
- grass biomass
- Kalahari
- phosphorus
- precipitation
- savanna
- rainfall
- ecology
- hydrology
- plant production
- Soil Condition
- fertilizer
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlthough alpine pans have been reported from a variety of mountain regions, these have received limited research attention and are thus amongst the least known of closed basins . This study…Publication Date 2010
- Alpine pans
- Turf exfoliation
- morphology
- climate
- Geomorphic processes
- Lesotho
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA significant challenge in ecological studies has been defining scales of observation that correspond to the relevant ecological scales for organisms or processes of interest. Remote sensing has…Publication Date 2010
- Object-based image analysis
- scale
- Variogram
- kriging
- geostatistics
- remote sensing
- ecology
- Idaho
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- Mongolia
- ecology
- sustainability
- grazing
- biodiversity
- dominant species
- Asia
- Mongolia
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasses
- Lucerne
- proteins
- yields
- grassland management
- ecology
- organic fertilizers
- humidity
- field experimentation
- alfalfa