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- Library Collection RecordSpecific land uses, many of them considered as traditional practices, have contributed to nature conservation in that they have given rise to a valued landscape and a high degree of biological and…Publication Date 2012
- Landscape-socioeconomy model
- Naturalness
- Protected area management
- Rural abandonment
- shrub encroachment
- socio-ecological systems
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordUnder the current scenario of rapid human population increase, achieving efficient and productive agricultural land use while conserving biodiversity is a global challenge. There is an ongoing debate…Publication Date 2012
- Land sparing vs sharing
- Wildlife-friendly farming
- Land grabbing
- Biofuel directive
- Food wastage
- Yield-biodiversity trade offs
- Library Collection RecordThere is growing concern that biodiversity loss in European agricultural landscapes is having negative effects on functional trait diversity. Long-term studies examining vegetation changes from the…Publication Date 2012
- Managed grasslands
- Germany
- Historical comparison
- Land-use intensification
- N fertilisation
- plant functional traits
- Zoogamous plants
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of global environmental change. Disentangling the relative impact of losses in plant species richness and intensified management on higher trophic level…Publication Date 2012
- Bees
- Ecosystem functions
- fertilization
- grasshoppers
- land use
- mowing
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordThe loss of biodiversity, one of the major environmental problems of our times, is currently attracting worldwide interest. Examples are the World Conference on Biodiversity in Nagoya 2010 and…Publication Date 2013
- Levels of biodiversity
- landscape metrics
- species diversity
- land use
- Landscape diversity
- Germany
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis study examined the literature in ISI Web of Science to identify the effects that the main drivers of global change have on the nutrient concentrations and C:N:P stoichiometry of organisms and…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- CO2
- drought
- Elemental stoichiometry
- eutrophication
- Warming
- Library Collection RecordFire is a key determinant of tropical savanna structure and functioning. High fire frequencies are expected to assemble closely related species with a restricted range of functional trait values.…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- environmental filtering
- Intraspecific variability
- plant traits
- Brazil
- Library Collection RecordExtreme drought events have the potential to cause dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and function, but the controls upon ecosystem stability to drought remain poorly understood. Here we used…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- CO2 fluxes
- ecosystem services
- Plant–soil interactions
- productivity
- soil fertility
- Lancaster University Field Station
- UK
- Library Collection RecordLarge increases in the density of woody plants in former grasslands have been documented globally over the past two centuries. Prosopis velutina (velvet mesquite) has recently expanded on over 38…Publication Date 2012
- Experimental water manipulation
- plant-plant interactions
- Precipitation seasonality
- savannah
- soil texture
- woody plant encroachment
- Tucson
- AZ
- USA
- Library Collection RecordDelayed seed germination is considered to be a bet-hedging strategy, but experimental evidence of its adaptive role as an inherited trait is still lacking. In each of two co-occuring annual grass…Publication Date 2012
- Desert annuals
- Reciprocal introduction
- seed dormancy
- seed size
- soil seed bank
- Aridity gradient
- Hordeum spontaneum
- Avena sterilis
- Bet-hedging
- seeds
- grasses
- seed banks
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- educational resources
- agricultural statistics
- agricultural resources
- agricultural research
- Agricultural industry
- Library Collection RecordIn the last few decades unimproved semi-natural grasslands have been affected by intensification of land use and habitat fragmentation. Because of their biodiversity these species-rich grasslands are…Publication Date 2012
- Rhinanthus minor
- population genetics
- Hemiparasite
- Habitat restoration
- grasslands
- land use
- biodiversity
- conservation
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThree fundamental, interrelated questions in invasion ecology are: (1) to what extent do exotic species outcompete natives, (2) are native and exotic communities functionally similar or different,…Publication Date 2012
- species richness
- exotic species
- redundancy analysis (RDA)
- Species abundance distribution (SAD)
- Species-area relationship (SAR)
- Incomplete invasion
- Alien invasive species
- community ecology
- Vancouver Island
- British Columbia
- Library Collection RecordA significant quantity of native vegetation and biodiversity remains on privately managed rangeland properties. Due to a lack of appropriate incentives, landholders do not always conserve these…Publication Date 2012
- market-based instruments
- private costs
- social costs
- trade-offs
- New South Wales
- Library Collection Record"Caring for country" is a term used to describe the complex spiritual affiliation that encompasses the rights and responsibilities that Aboriginal Australians have with their land. It…Publication Date 2012
- Aboriginal
- culture
- environmental services
- Livelihoods
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordVirtual fences (VF) are based on sensory cues delivered to domestic animals with the aim of controlling their spatial behaviour without any physical barrier. VF represent an approach for controlling…Publication Date 2012
- conditioned stimulus
- grazing management
- social attraction
- virtual fencing
- Salon de Provence
- France
- Library Collection RecordThere is little direct evidence about the business model used by the legendary cattle king, Sir Sidney Kidman. Kidman's properties were invariably stocked at less than full capacity, and were…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- climate change
- diversification
- drought
- rangelands
- real options
- market risk
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of exotic plants into savanna ecosystems can disrupt the natural pattern of vegetation. Indian couch Bothriochloa pertusa was introduced into Australia as a species for rehabilitation of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity conservation
- Bothriochloa
- drought
- grazing pressure
- tropical weed ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordGrazing by domestic livestock is one of the most widespread uses of the rangelands of Australia. There is limited information on the effects of grazing by domestic livestock on the vertebrate fauna…Publication Date 2012
- conservation biology
- grazing management
- Savanna ecology
- wildlife ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of the study was to assess the effect of different controlled fire frequencies on cover, density and mortality of the most common woody species in semiarid rangelands of the Caldenal district…Publication Date 2012
- Caldenal
- Â Condalia microphylla
- controlled burning
- Â Larrea divaricata
- Â Prosopis caldenia
- ArgentinaÂ
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- educational resources
- agricultural statistics
- agricultural resources
- agricultural research
- Agricultural industry
- Library Collection RecordSevere snowfall events, termed snow disasters, lead to losses of livestock, preventing sustainable development of livestock systems, in the rangelands of northern China. In order to reduce losses…Publication Date 2012
- Chinese pastoral area
- forage storage
- Livestock Industry
- marketing
- sustainable development of rangelands
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial annual patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and precipitation-use efficiency (PUE) of the rangelands of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, a region in which…Publication Date 2012
- aboveground net primary productivity
- inner Mongolia
- land degradation
- precipitation-use efficiency
- temperate grasslands
- vegetation restoration.
- inner Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThis paper proposes a broad overview of possible responses to the challenges posed by rangelands to promote discussion on a sustainable future for these vast regions. Rangelands Australia, an…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous human populations
- Indigenous knowledge
- rangeland communities
- rangeland management
- sustainable livelihoods
- rangelands
- management
- sustainability
- pastoralism
- Nature reserves
- restoration
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe rangelands of Australia and their communities can be represented as a diverse and interrelated complex of social and ecological systems. For the development of a sustainable future for both…Publication Date 2012
- rangeland communities
- rangeland ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThresholds and transitions between vegetation states are accepted components of models of rangeland dynamics. By definition, transitions represent changes from one state to another that are enduring…Publication Date 2012
- alternative states
- range monitoring
- state and transition
- vegetation dynamics
- rangelands
- management
- grasslands
- policies
- Library Collection RecordA case study of changes in the pattern of land use was undertaken to describe the impact of land-use policy reform, rapid industrialisation and urbanisation in an arid area with particular reference…Publication Date 2012
- cropland
- forestland
- grazing land
- land-use policy
- resource consumption
- urbanisation
- China
- Library Collection RecordClimate change and its effects on grassland productivity and potential carrying capacity of livestock were systemically studied using AVIM-GRASS and other models, using daily meteorological data for…Publication Date 2012
- China
- Library Collection RecordTo clarify the differences in physical aspects (water permeability and macropore) between organically (OR) and conventionally managed (CO) soils, infiltration was measured at an experimental field…Publication Date 2012
- conventional management
- infiltration
- macropore
- organic management
- Pu?awy
- Poland
- Library Collection RecordEnhanced atmospheric ammonia (NH3) concentration could impact growth of crops. The effect of atmospheric NH3Â in combination with nitrogen?deprived and ?sufficient supply (ND and NS, respectively) on…Publication Date 2012
- atmospheric ammonia
- N status
- shoot/root ratio
- hydroponics
- OTCs
- Maize
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- agricultural resources
- agricultural education
- training
- teaching
- Nebraska
- Library Collection RecordSurface soil shear strength can be a useful dynamic index for soil erodibility and thus a measure of soil resistance to water erosion. In this study, we evaluated the predictive capabilities of…Publication Date 2012
- ANFIS
- ANNs
- regression
- soft computing
- surface soil shear strength
- Iran
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of different land-use histories on contents of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) and fluxes of greenhouse gases [carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)] measured…Publication Date 2012
- Chernozem
- effect of land-use difference
- Eurasian steppe
- Greenhouse gas
- soil C and N
- South Ural
- Russia
- Library Collection RecordIn many countries, high nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions have been observed during soil freezing and thawing periods. Quantification of those emissions is crucial to evaluate annual N2O emissions. For…Publication Date 2012
- corn field
- denitrification activity
- freezing and thawing periods
- grassland
- nitrous oxide
- Hokkaido
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to investigate the response of ?15N in herbage and cattle tail switch hair to long-term grazing pressure on a rough fescue grassland (Festuca campestris Rydb.) near…Publication Date 2012
- ADF
- grassland
- grazing
- NDF
- nitrogen
- Stable isotope
- Stavely
- Alberta
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordThe Northeast China Transect (NECT) is a mid-latitude terrestrial transect in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Its major environmental gradient is precipitation, which gradually…Publication Date 2012
- Acetylene inhibition
- denitrification
- NECT
- nitrogen
- pH.
- China
- Library Collection RecordNitrous oxide (N2O) flux in the semi-arid Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel. grassland in Inner Mongolia, China was measured for two years (from January 2005 to December 2006) with the enclosed chamber…Publication Date 2012
- grassland
- N2O fluxes
- ecosystem
- Soil.
- inner Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordClimates are changing worldwide at rates not seen previously in geological time. This affects food production itself and the growth and reproduction of plant pathogens which reduce crop yield and…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- climate change
- crop loss
- disease
- food security
- plant pathogens
- population
- resource supply
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordClimate change presents new challenges for managing plant health. Simultaneously, the revolution in sequencing technologies offers an exciting new perspective on whole microbial communities – and…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- metagenomics
- next generation sequencing
- pyrosequencing
- quantitative trait loci
- resilience
- soil microbial communities
- Library Collection RecordEstimation of the sensitivity for soil organic carbon to climate change is critical for evaluating the potential response of the terrestrial biosphere to global change. In this study, we integrated…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- Chinese grasslands
- modeling
- soil organic carbon
- sensitivity
- spatial patterns
- China
- Library Collection RecordLandscape metrics have been widely developed over the last two decades. One of the major recent developments in landscape metrics analysis was the integration of the third dimension. Topography has…Publication Date 2012
- landscape metrics
- local landscape units
- OTALEX II
- three dimensions
- topography
- 3D
- Alentejo
- Portugal
- Library Collection Record
- range management
- education
- training
- teaching
- Nebraska
- Library Collection RecordOTALEX II is the Territorial and Environmental Observatory of Alentejo (Portugal) and Extremadura (Spain), co-financed by POCTEP, developed with the cross-border collaboration of several Portuguese…Publication Date 2012
- Landscape indicators
- local landscape units
- OTALEX
- Indicateurs du paysage
- OTALEX
- Unités Locales du Paysage
- Alentejo
- Portugal
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years, the regional environment ministry, conscious of the tremendous economic, social and environmental importance of the pastures of Andalusia, has stimulated a series of projects for the…Publication Date 2012
- bioindicators
- Filabres massif
- pastures
- Phytosociology
- Bioindicateurs
- Filabres massif
- pâturages
- Phytosociology
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordThe studied area is the agricultural region Montes de Navahermosa integrated into the historic natural area Montes de Toledo. It is located in the south-western side of Toledo province (Castille-La…Publication Date 2012
- landscape complexes
- Navahermosa
- Toledo Mountains
- vegetation
- Toledo
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordThis study of the plant landscape of a sub-coastal hilly area in southern Marche, Italy, has allowed the proposal of two main models that are highly correlated with the geomorphological and…Publication Date 2012
- bioclimate
- biodiversity
- central Adriatic
- Geomorphology
- geosynphytosociology
- synphytosociology
- Marche
- Italy
- Library Collection RecordIn the Peruvian sierra near the city of Cajamarca, livelihood options of extensive grazing and plantation forestry often conflict with ecosystem services provided by the native jalca grasslands where…Publication Date 2012
- Algarve
- climatophilous series
- land use planning
- Phytosociology
- Library Collection RecordAlthough portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology is widely accepted for environmental use in field screening test regarding the analytical approach, it needs to be evaluated with sufficient data…Publication Date 2012
- x-ray fluorescence (XRF)
- heavy metal
- inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES)
- soil pollution
- relative proximity
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