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- Library Collection RecordThis chapter describes relationships between environmental stress and the reaction of plants thereupon. Plants might react to environmental stress on various levels: on the biochemical, cellular, or…Publication Date 2003
- Autecology
- biodiversity
- character state
- climate change
- ecotoxicology
- effects
- Ellenberg
- flora
- heavy metal
- IEPS
- insecticide
- PAF
- palynology
- photosynthesis
- Synecology
- vascular plants
- vegetation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA vegetation survey of natural grasslands was undertaken in the urban areas of Gauteng, supporting about 20% of the country's population. Relevés were compiled in 132 sample plots placed in…Publication Date 2006
- grasslands
- South Africa
- vegetation
- Gauteng
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe response of photosynthetic activity to interannual rainfall variations in Africa South of the Sahara is examined using 20 years (1981-2000) of Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) AVHRR…Publication Date 2007
- NDVI
- vegetation
- rainfall
- Land cover
- soil properties
- Interannual variability
- Africa
- remote sensing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this study we employ the TRIFFID (Top-down Representation of Interactive Flora and Foliage Including Dynamics) Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM) and the Hadley Centre Atmospheric General…Publication Date 2006
- Mid-Pliocene
- vegetation
- General Circulation Model
- Top-down Representation of Interactive Flora and Foliage Including Dynamics
- Hominid
- Bipedalism
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFarm practices in the Sneeuberg Mountains, Karoo, South Africa are examined to assess their contribution to the development of the observed gullies and badlands. Data from the literature is augmented…Publication Date 2007
- erosion
- land degradation
- range management
- vegetation
- grazing
- Stock
- management
- degradation
- land use
- participatory rural appraisal
- livestock
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe present study assessed the effects of deferred grazing management on rangeland condition using aboveground biomass, vegetation cover and species composition as indicators of range condition. The…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- rangeland
- biomass
- grazing management
- ngitili
- species diversity
- vegetation cover
- Shinyanga
- Meatu districts
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEffects of mine dump pollution on semiarid savanna vegetation were investigated in Kombat, Namibia. Vegetation structure, species richness, composition and diversity were compared between polluted…Publication Date 2011
- heavy metals
- Kombat
- ordination
- vegetation
- pollution
- savanna
- mining
- mine dump
- species richness
- species diversity
- toxicity
- decision support systems
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas constitute strategy for biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately, these sanctuaries of biodiversity are submitted to a high human pressure in Togo. This study carried out in the Alé…Publication Date 2012
- vegetation
- diversity
- Pressure
- management
- Togo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA sampling system was devised and used from 1992 to 1996 in annual grassland and open woodland of the south-west Kenyan Rift Valley. The monitoring was designed to detect vegetation changes…Publication Date 2000
- range assessment
- savanna
- transect
- vegetation
- woodland
- ecosystem ecology
- land-use
- management
- rangeland condition
- monitoring
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2001
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- ecohydrology
- stochastic processes
- hydrology
- water stress
- water balance
- savanna
- grasslands
- Crossing analysis
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of four papers studies the complex dynamics of water-controlled ecosystems from the hydro-ecological point of view [e.g., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, Water Resour. Res. 36 (1) (2000) 3–9].…Publication Date 2001
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- ecohydrology
- stochastic processes
- hydrology
- water stress
- water balance
- savanna
- grasslands
- Crossing analysis
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of ecological factors such as changes in rainfall could lead to large compositional changes in the diverse indigenous flora of southern Africa. A study was therefore initiated to determine…Publication Date 1995
- vegetation
- rainfall increase
- rainfall decrease
- southern Africa
- rainfall
- species richness
- biodiversity
- drought
- grazing
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article analyses land use and vegetation change in the savanna contexts of central Zimbabwe and coastal Ghana. The results of analyses based on field surveys, time series aerial photographs/…Publication Date 2002
- Africa
- vegetation
- GIS
- Narrative
- Multi-directional change
- Patch dynamic change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPollen records from Lake Malawi, Africa spanning the last 135 160;kyr show substantial and abrupt vegetation response to multiple episodes of extreme aridity between 135 and 75 160;ka. Peaks in both…Publication Date 2011
- pollen
- vegetation
- Pleistocene
- Paleoclimate
- East 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 RecordLocal communities use an indigenous classification of environmental land units for natural resource management in central north Namibia. These indigenous land units (ILUs) were compared with a…Publication Date 2005
- Indigenous environmental knowledge
- vegetation
- ordination
- land classification
- Resource Use
- grazing
- Indigenous knowledge
- community based resource management
- management
- ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Phanerozoic has witnessed major changes, with Africa being an integral part of supercontinental landmass agglomeration forming Gondwana, its amalgamation with smaller landmasses to form Pangaea,…Publication Date 2005
- Africa
- climate
- evolution
- flora
- Gondwana
- history
- Madagascar
- Phanerozoic
- plants
- Review
- vegetation
- Africa
- 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 RecordIn 1989, the opportunity was identified to create a botanical map series which could be used by authorities to make informed decisions and which would highlight the potential impact significance of…Publication Date 1996
- mapping
- conservation
- vegetation
- Coast
- South Africa
- development
- GIS
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDetailed reconstructions of vegetation structure are critical to understanding morphological and behavioral adaptations of Plio-Pleistocene African hominids. Savanna grassland habitats are often…Publication Date 1997
- bovid
- vegetation
- grasslands
- bipedality
- savanna
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany regions of the globe are experiencing a simultaneous change in the dominant plant functional type and regional climatology. We explored how atmospheric temperature and precipitation control leaf…Publication Date 2013
- eddy covariance
- landscape position
- mesquite (Prosopis velutina)
- photosynthesis
- plant-climate interactions
- semi-arid
- temperature optima
- Vegetation Change
- woody plant encroachment
- indigenous encroaching species
- climate change
- temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- carbon flux
- rainfall
- grasslands
- savanna
- carbon dioxide
- San Pedro River
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPlants are multifaceted organisms that have evolved numerous solutions to the problem of establishing, growing and reproducing with limited resources. The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits is…Publication Date 2014
- community assembly
- curse of dimensionality
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem processes
- intrinsic dimension
- isomap
- nonlinear data reduction
- plant spectrums
- plant strategies
- plant traits
- ecosystem ecology
- Arizona
- California
- USA
- Sheffield
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordSeed dispersal is thought to be unpredictable and outside a plant's control. But directed seed dispersal by mutualistic birds can increase probabilities of germination and survival by the non-…Publication Date 2014
- abiotic stress
- dispersal in time
- facilitation
- frugivory
- plant demography
- plant neighbourhoods
- plant-plant interactions
- risk spreading
- Desert Grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- Arizona
- USA
- Library Collection RecordIn many areas of Europe there are policies to restore former arable land to grassland. In practice, this usually involves the use of commercial seed mixtures. The abundance of all vascular plants…Publication Date 2011
- restoration ecology
- management
- agriculture management
- grassland
- rate of succession
- species pool
- vegetation
- Czech Republic
- 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 RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2013
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- seeds
- vegetation dynamics
- mowing
- White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve
- Czech Republic
- Central Europe
- 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 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 RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2012
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- White Carpathian Mountains
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis historical data set consists of 178 permanent 1-m2 quadrats located on semi-desert grasslands at the Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona, USA. Individual plants in these quadrats were…Publication Date 2012
- climate
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- livestock grazing
- plant community
- plant demography
- Sonoran Desert
- species interactions
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Arizona
- USA