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- Library Collection RecordAtmospheric CO2 has more than doubled since the last glacial maximum (LGM) and could double again within this century, largely due to anthropogenic activity. It has been suggested that low [CO2]…Publication Date 2010
- elevated CO2
- fire
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Root
- savanna
- starch
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- elevated CO2
- management
- plant autecology
- plant community ecology
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordInvertebrate diversity is seldom included in conservation assessments, primarily because information is lacking. Broad surveys may be too costly, difficult or ineffective. Here we assess a '…Publication Date 2010
- conservation planning
- inventory
- quantified method
- species accumulation
- temporal effect
- invertebrates
- ecosystem ecology
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- grazing lands
- mixed pastures
- grasslands
- meadows
- Pasture Improvement
- grassland management
- international cooperation
- international organizations
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Objectives: To (1) assess the strength of evidence for the role of termites in vegetation heterogeneity in African savannas, and (2) identify the mechanisms by which termites induce such…Publication Date 2010
- Banded vegetation
- Bush encroachment
- desertification
- Fertility islands
- fire
- herbivory
- Spotted vegetation
- savanna
- Ants
- invertebrates
- Termites
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Feed Crops
- Lolium perenne
- fertilizer application
- drought
- grassland management
- nutritive value
- silage
- Lolium perenne
- Lolium perenne
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- China
- sand
- storms
- afforestation
- grassland management
- water conservation
- China
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- Mixed cropping
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- fertilizers
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- potassium
- productivity
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- potassium
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- Library Collection RecordLivestock production contributes to the livelihoods of the Ethiopian people; however, the productivity of the livestock subsector in the highlands is low due to malnutrition. Therefore, this study…Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDescription not available.Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFire is important for the maintenance and conservation of African savanna ecosystems, and prescribed fire is used in the Sudanian savanna-woodlands of West Africa as a forest management tool. Yet,…Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Great Fish River Reserve (GFRR), in the Eastern Cape, has proved to be particularly suitable for the black rhinoceros that have been introduced over the past 20 years. In captivity, these animals…Publication Date 2010
- black rhinoceros
- Browse Species
- diet
- ABTS
- DPPH
- FRAP
- Folin-Ciocalteau
- disease
- diet selection
- ecosystem ecology
- national parks
- Africa
- Library Collection Record
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Abstract not available.Publication Date 2010- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe study represents the first efforts since 1909 to develop improved Sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, syn. S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf) cultivars from the original genetic stock existing in…Publication Date 2010
- 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 Record[Practical guide on rational crops fertilization in Spain], Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid (España).- Madrid (España): MARM, 2010.- 978-84-491-0997-3.- p. 173-180Publication Date 2010
- Feed Crops
- Nutritional Requirements
- grassland management
- fertilizer application
- fertilizers
- application rates
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- dairy cows
- risk
- Epidemiology
- hosts
- control methods
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- analytical methods
- nutritive value
- Poaceae
- grassland management
- plant anatomy
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- hormones
- Poaceae
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Poaceae
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- evaluation
- grassland management
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasses
- Lucerne
- proteins
- yields
- grassland management
- ecology
- organic fertilizers
- humidity
- field experimentation
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- nutritive value
- grassland management
- forage
- carrying capacity
- steppes
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- seed
- vegetation
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- watersheds
- watershed management
- soil management
- meadows
- grasslands
- grassland management
- crop yield
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- fertilization
- fertilization
- fertilization
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- yaks
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystems
- faeces
- Asia
- vegetation
- feces
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- Mongolia
- ecology
- sustainability
- grazing
- biodiversity
- dominant species
- Asia
- Mongolia
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- vegetation
- wild plants
- grazing
- geographical distribution
- seedlings
- vegetation
- Library Collection Record2010, Island Press, 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009, USA 396pp, softcover and hardcover ISBN 978?1-59726?671-0 (softcover), 978?1-59726?670-3 (hardcover). Price US\$95 (…Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2009, CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia 184 pages, softcover ISBN 978-0-64309-527-4. Price AU\$49.95Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2008, James Currey Publishers, Box 242, 266 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DL, UK 312 pages, softcover and hardcover ISBN 978-0-85255-990-1 (softcover), 978-0-85255-991-8 (hardcover). Price £17.95 (…Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2007, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK 336 pp, hardcover and softcover ISBN 978?0?19?857065?3 (hardcover), 978?0?19?857066?0 (softcover). Price £60 / £29.95Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection Record[Agronomic and environmental aspects of conservation agriculture], González Sánchez, E.J.Ordóñez Fernández, R.Gil Ribes, J.A..- Madrid (España): EumediaMARM, 2010.- 978-84-930738-9-3.- p. 227-…Publication Date 2010
- Feed Crops
- Herbage crops
- grassland management
- Pasture Improvement
- crop yield
- Spain
- Library Collection Record2008, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK 305 pages, hardcover and softcover ISBN 978-0-19-852918-7 (hardcover), 978-0-19-852919-4 (softcover). Price £70 / £34.95Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2008, Springer, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands 306 pages, hardcover or softcover ISBN 978?1?4020?6848?5 (hardcover), 978?1?4020?6849?2 (softcover). Price €119.95 / €59.95Publication Date 2010
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- grassland management
- soil
- fertilizer application
- greenhouse effect
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- Methane
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Feed grasses
- grasslands
- Weeds
- weed control
- Weeding
- mechanical methods
- Infestation
- grassland management
- Organic agriculture
- ley farming
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rangelands
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- Pasture Improvement
- damage
- Wild boar
- feeding
- faeces
- biomass
- feces
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- highlands
- Weeds
- invasive species
- Euphorbia
- colonizing ability
- biological control
- grazing
- sheep
- grassland management
- Spain
- Euphorbia
- Euphorbia
- Library Collection RecordPresented here are stable nitrogen isotope data from a rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) middens from northwestern Namibia that record a series of rapid aridification events beginning at ca. 3800 160;…Publication Date 2010
- Hyrax midden
- southern Africa
- Holocene
- palaeoclimate
- African Humid Period
- [delta]15N
- Orbital forcing
- Solar forcing
- Geomagnetism
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouthern African savannas are mixed plant communities where C3 trees co-exist with C4 grasses. Here foliar ?15N and ?13C were used as indicators of nitrogen uptake and of water use efficiency to…Publication Date 2010
- stable isotopes
- soil nitrogen
- soil carbon
- aridity
- C3 plants
- C4 plants
- savanna
- Soil Condition
- grasslands
- water use efficiency
- rainfall
- plant autecology
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAmelioration of global warming presents opportunities for urban forests to act as carbon sinks, and thereby could possibly be included in the potential future carbon trade industry. The City of…Publication Date 2010
- allometry
- Carbon trade
- growth rate
- stem diameter
- Urban forestry
- carbon sequestration
- 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 RecordThe impact of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is seen by many as a 'win-win' situation with reference to natural resources conservation and the improvement of local…Publication Date 2010
- Community-based tourism
- community-based natural resource management
- Community participation
- Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust
- eco - tourism
- Economic Aspects
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- Botswana
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordVegetation mapping of plant communities at fine spatial scales is increasingly supported by remote sensing technology. However, combining ecological ground truth information and remote sensing…Publication Date 2010
- cluster analysis
- Redundancy analysis
- Multivariate
- Supervised fuzzy c-means
- semiarid
- rangelands
- Namibia
- imaging spectroscopy
- remote sensing
- mapping
- vegetation dynamics
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAn operational procedure is presented that allows detecting active fires based on information from Meteosat-8/SEVIRI over Africa. The procedure takes advantage of the temporal resolution of SEVIRI (…Publication Date 2010
- Fire detection
- Contextual algorithm
- Meteosat8-SEVIRI
- African vegetation fires
- Spatial and temporal distribution of active fires
- fire behaviour
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe estimation of near surface air temperature (Ta) is useful for a wide range of applications such as agriculture, climate related diseases and climate change studies. Air temperature is commonly…Publication Date 2010
- Land surface temperature
- air temperature
- accuracy assessment
- MODIS
- remote sensing
- modelling
- climate change
- agriculture
- temperature
- disease
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavanna covers about two-thirds of Africa, with forage quantity and quality being important factors determining the distribution and density of wildlife and domestic stock. Testing hypotheses about…Publication Date 2010
- forage
- quality
- remote sensing
- hyperspectral
- herbivory
- Foliar
- nitrogen
- protein
- Polyphenol
- mopane
- savanna
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- livestock
- mapping
- management
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPalynological and sedimentological data from a core extracted from Lake Eteza shed new light on the Holocene vegetation and climate history in KwaZulu-Natal and can be linked to regional and global…Publication Date 2010
- forest reconstruction
- Vegetation history
- southern hemisphere
- African coast
- human impact
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge is poor of how fertilization affects birds in grasslands. We investigated the impact on birds of abandoned pastoral settlements that historically received very high levels of livestock dung…Publication Date 2010
- Diptera
- fertilization
- Insectivorous birds
- Masai Mara
- Pitfall traps
- Sweep netting
- birds
- Abandoned lands
- grasslands
- invertebrates
- fertilizer
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPerennial grasses are a dominant component of many vegetation formations and provide important ecosystem services including supporting herbivores and preventing soil erosion. Despite their importance…Publication Date 2010
- demography
- Density-dependent mortality
- disturbance
- Intra-specific competition
- Tuft mortality
- survival
- Grass mortality
- savanna
- fire ecology
- ecosystem services
- Namibia
- Africa
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