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- Library Collection RecordDesertification, the conversion of arid grasslands to shrublands due to overgrazing and drought, is occurring on over a quarter of the land on earth. Conceptual models of desertification predict…Publication Date 2010
- Desert Grassland
- grazing
- islands of fertility
- soil nutrients
- Water Infiltration
- desertification
- drought
- modelling
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection RecordApplying ecosystem service valuation principles to natural resources management has the potential to encourage the efficient use of resources, but can decision support systems built on these…Publication Date 2010
- ecosystem services
- Invasive species management
- optimization
- cheatgrass
- Agro-ecosystems
- Spatially variable cost-effectiveness
- restoration ecology
- modelling
- decision support systems
- management
- Alien invasive species
- Economic Aspects
- remote sensing
- GIS
- USA
- Library Collection RecordEcological patterns and processes are highly scale-dependent, but few studies have used standardized methodology to examine how scale dependency varies across continents. This paper examines scale…Publication Date 2011
- beta diversity
- biogeography
- community structure
- Formicidae
- scale dependency
- Ants
- invertebrates
- savanna
- ecosystem ecology
- Australia
- Brazil
- Library Collection RecordIdentification of spatial gradients in ecosystem vulnerability to global climate change and local stressors is an important step in the formulation and implementation of appropriate countermeasures1…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- conservation
- management
- Asia
- Library Collection Record1. We hypothesize that flowering phenology correlates with plant height growth pattern and that the pattern is associated with functional traits including maximum plant height (Hmax), RGR, stem…Publication Date 2011
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- seasonality
- Plant Productivity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- height growth trajectory
- leaf mass per area
- life-history strategy
- maximum plant height
- RGR
- stem tissue mass density
- New England
- USA
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- Weeds
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordSemi-natural grasslands, biodiversity hotspots in Central-Europe, suffer from the cessation of traditional land-use. Amount and intensity of these changes challenge current monitoring frameworks…Publication Date 2013
- Biodiversity exploratories
- Biological conservation
- (Semi-natural) Grasslands
- plant functional traits
- indicators
- land-use intensity
- conservation ecology
- biodiversity
- land use
- monitoring
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming is one of the most profound challenges for human beings during the 21st century. The world's leading scientists have identified that warming of the climate system is unequivocal,…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- global warming
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- soils
- land use
- management
- carbon sequestration
- modelling
- monitoring
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordEditorialPublication Date 2014
- modelling
- plant traits
- conservation
- restoration
- management
- Library Collection RecordTaken as a whole, the five articles in this CAFE special issue offer both a reflection upon and an expansion of the diverse contributions of a founding member of the Culture and Agriculture section…Publication Date 2014
- agriculture
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Long-term palaeoecological records are needed to test ecological hypotheses involving time, as short-term observations are of insufficient duration to capture natural variability. In this…Publication Date 2013
- Long-term ecology
- Non-analogue communities
- community stability
- Climate–vegetation disequilibrium
- Origin of biodiversity
- biodiversity conservation
- palaeobotany
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- climate change
- human impact
- conservation
- fire
- pollen
- Venezuelan Gran Sabana region
- northern South America
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Quantifying the association of plant functional traits to environmental gradients is a promising approach for understanding and projecting community responses to land use and climatic…Publication Date 2013
- connectivity
- Drought-stress
- Habitat filtering
- limiting similarity
- Null models
- plant height
- Seed mass
- Seed number
- Specific leaf area (SLA)
- plant functional traits
- land use
- climate
- ecosystem ecology
- drought
- plant production
- Southern Judean Lowlands
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Whether or not niche conservatism is common is widely debated. Despite this uncertainty, closely related species are often assumed to be ecologically similar. This principle has led to the…Publication Date 2013
- Phylogenetic community ecology
- phylogenetic signal
- Phylogenetic niche conservatism
- Belowground ecology
- grazing
- mycorrhizae
- conservation
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- soils
- Kinsella
- Alberta
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We describe a novel dissimilarity framework to analyse spatial patterns of species diversity and illustrate it with alien plant invasions in Northern Portugal. We used this framework to test…Publication Date 2013
- Alien invasive species
- Dispersal corridors
- Environmental distances
- Geographic distances
- Multi-model inference
- Residence time
- Species composition and richness
- restoration ecology
- species diversity
- climate
- land use
- degradation
- management
- Northern Portugal
- Library Collection RecordBackground: There have been few quantitative observations of the attributes of native animal paths and no studies of their variation between vegetation types. These paths may be important in…Publication Date 2010
- Phytosociology
- vegetation dynamics
- data analysis
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- animal impact
- Tasmania
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordObjective: To contribute to the integration of key ecological concepts such as dynamic equilibrium, critical threshold, resistance and resilience to the "State and Transition Model " (STM…Publication Date 2011
- Dynamic equilibrium
- rangeland ecology
- resilience
- resistance
- thresholds
- ecosystem ecology
- modelling
- Ecosystem function
- state-and-transition model
- rangelands
- management
- Library Collection Record
- research
- prairies
- education
- plants
- Kansas
- monitoring
- climate
- drought
- animals
- Library Collection RecordEditorialPublication Date 2011
- vegetation surveys
- restoration ecology
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordWe review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control agents at various phases…Publication Date 2009
- Weed biological control
- invasive plants
- impacts
- Benefit-cost analyses
- Demographic modeling
- evaluation
- monitoring
- Weeds
- biological control
- Alien invasive species
- Library Collection RecordRemote sensing imagery needs to be converted into tangible information which can be utilised in conjunction with other data sets, often within widely used Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As…Publication Date 2010
- Object based image analysis
- OBIA
- GEOBIA
- GIScience
- Multiscale image analysis
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- grazing lands
- grazing animals
- terminology
- Library Collection Record1. Currently, there is a debate among plant ecologists on the concepts of the intensity of competition and the importance of competition, which is central to many issues of modern plant population…Publication Date 2010
- competition
- ecological success
- environmental gradient
- fitness
- Importance
- intensity
- population dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- Herbicide
- plant density
- modelling
- community ecology
- Library Collection Record1. Induced changes in plant quality can mediate indirect interactions between herbivores. Although the sequence of attack by different herbivores has been shown to influence plant responses, little…Publication Date 2011
- above-ground-below-ground interactions
- Diabrotica virgifera
- Induced resistance
- plant-mediated effects
- plant-herbivore interactions
- plant quality
- Spodoptera frugiperda
- systemic signalling
- Zea mays
- teosinte
- agriculture
- Kansas
- USA
- Library Collection Record1. Above-ground (AG) and below-ground (BG) biota show little overlap and are usually investigated independently. However, both communities are connected by a group of organisms that intrinsically…Publication Date 2011
- herbivory
- Induced resistance
- multitrophic interactions
- mutualism
- mycorrhiza
- Plant defence
- plant pathogens
- Rhizobia
- soil biota
- systemic resistance
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordRangeland systems cover vast areas of the earth s surface containing great diversity of life, and contribute to the livelihoods and welfare of millions of people. The management of rangeland systems…Publication Date 2010
- behavioral syndromes
- grazing distribution
- Individual foraging behavior
- large herbivores
- phenotypic plasticity
- grazing management
- grazing
- management
- rangelands
- foraging ecology
- Library Collection RecordHerbicides have been applied extensively on rangelands to reduce forbs that were considered undesirable, which has been assumed to lead to an increase in grass production and ultimately to an…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity
- conservation
- average daily gain
- Cattle Performance
- Great Plains
- competition
- invasive species
- mixed prairie
- plant species composition
- vegetation dynamics
- weed control
- Weeds
- herbicides
- grasslands
- plant production
- animal production
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordFencing for conservation is an acknowledgement that we are failing to successfully coexist with and, ultimately, conserve biodiversity. Fences arose during the Neolithic revolution to demarcate…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity conservation
- fences
- Human-wildlife conflict
- invasive species
- Introduced predators
- Bushmeat hunting
- Poaching
- Threatening processes
- Tragedy of the Commons
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- Library Collection Record
- planning
- land resources
- land ownership
- Hawaii
- 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 RecordSeasonal dynamics in the vegetation and rumen microbial nitrogen (MBN) production and nutritional status of grazing sheep were investigated in a semiarid rangeland in eastern Rajasthan, India, to…Publication Date 2011
- rangeland
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- management
- resource
- nutrition
- Semiarid rangeland
- sheep
- weather discomforts
- Rajasthan
- India
- Library Collection RecordSoil is a complex ecosystem comprised of several and mutually interacting components, both abiotic (organomineral associations) and biotic (microbial and pedofaunal populations and plants), where a…Publication Date 2013
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- soil atmosphere
- soil microbial activity
- Soil Condition
- soil carbon dioxide
- soil fertility
- management
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordPaleosols (fossil soils) are preserved throughout the geologic record in depositional settings ranging from alluvial systems to between basalt flows. Until recently, paleosols were studied using…Publication Date 2009
- Paleosols
- Paleoclimate
- paleoenvironments
- isotopes
- geochemistry
- pedogenesis
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoenvironmental data
- Library Collection RecordWe explored the relationships between various socio-economic variables and the prevalence and density of invasive alien species (IAS) on a global scale using country-level data sets. We did this by…Publication Date 2010
- economic development
- gross domestic product
- human development index
- invasion
- management
- road network
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- policies
- Alien invasive species
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the spectral information of digital aerial sensors in determining land-cover classification using new digital techniques. The land covers…Publication Date 2010
- digital aerial photography
- expert classification algorithm
- land-cover classification
- objectoriented classification
- UltracamD
- agriculture
- land use
- Cordoba Province
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordEcological restoration is becoming regarded as a major strategy for increasing the provision of ecosystem services as well as reversing biodiversity losses. Here, we show that restoration projects…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- restoration ecology
- ecosystem services
- Library Collection RecordIn arid and semiarid regions, vegetative boundaries are often strikingly similar to landform boundaries. However, it is not well documented whether landforms exert an influence on the resistance of…Publication Date 2012
- arid geomorphology
- Â Chihuahuan Desert
- Â desertification
- Â grassland resistance
- Â shrub encroachment
- New Mexico
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe uptake of airborne laser scanned (ALS) data (commonly known as airborne lidar) for heritage landscape assessment has grown rapidly in the past decade as data have become increasingly available.…Publication Date 2012
- Airborne laser scanned
- archaeology
- LiDAR
- remote sensing
- terrain model
- visualization
- management
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordThis paper studied the development of no-tillage by combining concepts of co-creation of knowledge and actor-network theory. Reconstructing the process of no-tillage development in Switzerland has…Publication Date 2012
- conservation tillage
- no-tillage
- knowledge co-creation
- actor-network theory
- Zero-tillage
- Switzerland
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- rangelands
- Nebraska
- Library Collection RecordTree invasions of grasslands are occurring globally, with profound consequences for ecosystem structure and function. We explore the spatio-temporal dynamics of tree invasion of a montane meadow in…Publication Date 2012
- biological legacies
- distribution ecology
- plant community ecology
- succession
- Oregon
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe productivity of important agricultural crops is drastically reduced when they experience short episodes of high temperatures during the reproductive period. Crop heat stress was acknowledged in…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- agriculture
- climate change
- Global Agro-Ecological Zones Model
- heat stress
- food security
- Library Collection RecordForage-based dairy and livestock production is the backbone of agriculture in Northern Europe in economic terms. Changes in growing conditions that affect forage grass yield may have great economic…Publication Date 2012
- climatic variability
- Frost damage
- Grass modelling
- Ice damage
- Multi-model ensemble
- climate change
- pasture management
- plant production
- forage quality
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordBiological control of Tamarix spp. (saltcedar) with Diorhabda carinulata (the northern tamarisk beetle) is currently underway in several western states U.S.A. through historical releases and the…Publication Date 2012
- evapotranspiration
- biological control
- invasive weeds
- remote sensing
- eddy covariance
- ecohydrology
- riparian
- Nevada
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this paper is to identify which of the world's cereal producing regions are likely to become vulnerable to climate change over the 21st century by identifying those regions that…Publication Date 2012
- Adaptive capacity index
- Drought index
- Climate change vulnerability
- food security
- Food
- agriculture
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordIf climate change scenarios include higher variance in weather variables, this can have important effects on pest and disease risk beyond changes in mean weather conditions. We developed a…Publication Date 2012
- Colored noise
- Decision-making under uncertainty
- early warning systems
- Environmental variability
- Environmental time series
- global warming
- Library Collection RecordAlthough weather data are widely acknowledged to contain measurement errors, the implications of these errors for models that relate weather to yields have not been adequately examined. From…Publication Date 2012
- uncertainty
- Crop modeling
- Library Collection RecordA growing understanding of the ecology of seed dispersal has so far had little influence on conservation practice, while the needs of conservation practice have had little influence on seed dispersal…Publication Date 2012
- biological invasions
- climate change
- fragmentation
- hunting
- Overharvesting
- seed dispersal
- Library Collection RecordCalcareous grasslands are among the most diverse habitats, supporting species-rich vegetation. Propagule limitation and availability of microsites for germination represent major constraints to the…Publication Date 2012
- seed addition
- grazing
- Bromus erectus
- permanent plot
- BACI design
- long-term monitoring
- Monte Labbro
- Tuscany
- Library Collection RecordStudies have shown that increasing diversity has a positive influence on many ecosystem functions and services, for example, biomass productivity. However, most diversity - functioning studies have…Publication Date 2012
- biological diversity
- Ecosystem functions
- ecosystem services
- extinction
- Spatial and temporal scales
- species richness
- Trophic level
- Library Collection RecordDrought information for Nebraska includes; webinars, clinics, water conservation, maps and up to date assistances program information.
- weather
- watersheds
- watershed management
- water use efficiency
- water use
- water table
- water rights
- water resources
- water quality
- water pollution
- water management
- water erosion
- water conservation
- water balance
- water
- runoff
- groundwater recharge
- groundwater flow
- groundwater
- erosion control
- education
- drought
- Drainage water
- drainage
- climatic factors
- climate change
- aquifers
- Nebraska
- grazing
- recreation
- Nebraska
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