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- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1987-08-01
- southern Africa
- Savory Grazing Method
- SGM
- pastures
- grassland improvement
- rain
- selective grazing
- stocking rate
- controlled grazing
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordBoth large ungulates and wildlife tourists tend to concentrate along the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, Botswana, during the dry season causing concern for wildlife habitat and the recreational…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Aepyceros melampus
- Giraffa camelopardalis
- Loxodonta africana
- rivers
- ecotourism
- tour operators
- tourism impact
- synceros caffer
- game reserves
- wild animals
- national parks
- riparian grasslands
- shrublands
- Botswana
- habitat selection
- habitats
- savannas
- dry seasons
- woodlands
- southern Africa
- recreationists
- buffalo
- elephant
- giraffe
- impala
- kudu
- Library Collection RecordCyperus articulatus L. and Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. were studied in southern Africa and were found to be synonymous. The latter bears laminae, has longer bracts and frequently has less septate culms…Publication Date 2006
- Cyperus articulatus
- Cyperus corymbosus
- southern Africa
- taxonomy
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSutherlandia frutescens (tribe Galegeae, Fabaceae), a popular plant in traditional medicine, is indigenous to South Africa, Lesotho, southern Namibia and southeastern Botswana. It is chemically,…Publication Date 2008
- Biosystematics
- Chemical Compounds
- Ethnobotany
- medicinal plants
- Pharmacology
- southern Africa
- Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br.
- Traditional uses
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyses the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources (CPRs) in semi-arid Tanzania. Common property regimes have often been considered inadequate for the management…Publication Date 2007
- Common pool resources
- Common property regimes
- natural resource management
- institutions
- management
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- household income studies
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is an urgent need for quantitative methods by which actual, as opposed to potential degradation can be mapped using spatially consistent criteria for large regions. This study tested the Local…Publication Date 2008
- AVHRR
- Communal lands
- desertification
- Local NPP scaling
- rangelands
- South Africa
- communal farming
- remote sensing
- degradation
- mapping
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of drought on grazing patterns of livestock in a communal rangeland in Namaqualand. Water points were the foci of almost all grazing routes even…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- drought
- Livestock farming
- Livestock activity patterns
- communal rangeland
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe reserves and homelands across South Africa share a common history of policy interventions resulting in sedentarization, villagization and formalization of communal land use. In Namaqualand, such…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- Municipal commonage
- rangeland management
- Elite capture
- rangelands
- management
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- policies
- land reform
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSatellite imagery derived fire history data for the southern Okavango Delta, Botswana from 1989 to 2003 were used to analyse the temporal and spatial distribution of fires and to assess changes in…Publication Date 2007
- savanna
- fire season
- fire regime
- fire frequency
- wetland
- southern Africa
- fire
- fire ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe rich biodiversity of southern Africa has to date been relatively unimpacted by the activities of modern society, but to what degree will this situation persist into the 21st century? We use a…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- southern Africa
- climate change
- land use change
- Land cover change
- Habitat loss
- conservation
- Millennium ecosystem assessment
- image
- CBD target
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study reviewed the distribution of ten common savanna trees in Namibia. Tree distributions were investigated in relation to bioclimatic, topographic and edaphic variables at a national scale.…Publication Date 2006
- biogeography
- climate change
- forestry
- Plant functional attributes
- southern Africa
- Vegetation history
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper traces the history of grazing policy, its conceptual basis, practical implementations and outcomes, in three southern African countries. In spite of the divergent environmental conditions…Publication Date 2006
- pastoralism
- Communal land
- rangeland management
- rangeland ecology
- policies
- grazing
- communal farming
- rangelands
- management
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSustainability indicators based on local data provide a practical method to monitor progress towards sustainable development. However, since there are many conflicting frameworks proposed to develop…Publication Date 2006
- sustainability indicators
- Community empowerment
- stakeholders
- Local
- participation
- sustainability
- monitoring
- communal farming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper revisits the debate over the relative effectiveness of 'conservative' and 'opportunistic' stocking strategies for African pastoral rangelands. The paper is based on a…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- cattle
- Pastoral strategy
- stocking rate
- Capital costs
- southern Africa
- Zimbabwe
- pastoralism
- stocking rates
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordVariations in the nature and extent of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone (WRZ) have the potential to provide important information concerning the nature of long-term climate change at both…Publication Date 2007
- southern Africa
- winter rainfall zone
- Quaternary
- palaeoenvironment
- westerlies
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of two papers describes a mechanistic model that simulates within years the productivity of vegetation and livestock on the communal semi-arid rangeland of the Succulent Karoo of South…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid rangelands
- Mechanistic model
- plant growth
- diet selection
- food intake
- animal productivity
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- animal production
- communal farming
- livestock
- management
- soil moisture
- rainfall
- runoff
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoral communities in East Africa are facing considerable challenges arising from shifts in land tenure policy from communal to individual landholdings and high human population growth rates. Over…Publication Date 2006
- savanna
- Household model
- Kajiado District
- Subdivision
- policies
- communal farming
- pastoralism
- socio-economic aspects
- household income studies
- modelling
- ecosystem dynamics
- food security
- land use
- land reform
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSuccess in long-term agricultural production in resource-poor farming systems relies on the efficiency with which nutrients are conserved and recycled. Each transfer of nutrients across the farming…Publication Date 2006
- cattle
- Compost
- feed intake
- manure
- nitrogen use efficiency
- N losses
- agriculture
- soil nutrients
- management
- communal farming
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDifferences in land-use management may result in different rangeland condition (soil, vegetation and biodiversity) and productivity. Vegetation condition in contrasting land-use management systems is…Publication Date 2009
- Chemical Properties
- enzyme activity
- land-use management
- microbial biomass
- rangeland degradation
- soil degradation
- rangelands
- management
- land use
- rangeland condition
- communal farming
- Commercial farming
- game farming
- North West Province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary The effects of fertilization of forage crops vary with soil types, relative levels of fertility within soil type, ratios of available nutrients, crops, and climatic conditions. Increased…Publication Date 1959
- fertilizer
- forage quality
- soil nutrients
- Soil Condition
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Since the Union of South Africa was founded in 1910, the volume of dairy production and consumption has increased--both in total amount and per capita. This growth is part of the evolution of…Publication Date 1958
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSmallholder dairy farmers in Natural Region II, especially in Chikwaka Communal Area, adopted Acacia angustissima, Calliandra calothyrsus and Leucaena leucocephala in the 1995/96 season as…Publication Date 2009
- dairy
- Fodder
- small-holder
- Tree
- yields
- plant production
- communal farming
- animal nutrition
- forage quality
- fodder production
- soils
- management
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordBush encroachment has been recognised in southern Africa since the late nineteenth century. Our review of 23 studies showed that the rate of woody cover change has ranged from ?0.131 to 1.275% y?1.…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- ecosystem ecology
- grazing
- fire
- rainfall
- grasses
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThemeda triandra Forssk. is a common perennial grass in southern African grasslands that tolerates low nutrient soils. Establishment of the species into degraded or transformed areas is difficult,…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- soil nutrients
- tillers
- restoration ecology
- fertiliser
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- potassium
- Themeda triandra
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEditorial articlePublication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-ecological dynamics
- rangeland commons
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rural areas
- communal farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-ecological systems and…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rangelands
- socio-economic aspects
- Sustainable development
- climate change
- policy
- management
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, the relative extent of range degradation under freehold compared to communal tenure has been strongly debated. We present a perspective on the processes that drive rangeland…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- degradation
- communal farming
- management
- policy
- rehabilitation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, "Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons - aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape…Publication Date 2013
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock farming in communal areas is an activity pursued by rural households as one of a range of livelihood strategies aimed at spreading risk. The cash and non-cash benefits derived from…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- policy
- management
- livestock production
- Poverty
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study aimed to quantify and evaluate the effects of heavy land utilisation, mainly grazing, on plant species richness and diversity, species abundance, vegetation structure and soil…Publication Date 2012
- communal rangeland
- degradation
- grazing
- plant species rivhness
- Termites
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of predictions of communal rangeland collapse due to continuous grazing and increased livestock populations, this grazing system remains prevalent in communal areas, suggesting animals…Publication Date 2010
- cattle
- Graze
- key resource areas
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangelands
- grazing
- plant production
- soils
- soil organic carbon
- Eastern Cape
- South 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 RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on plant biomass, plant quality, species evenness, species diversity and species composition were determined among management types (communal, commercial and game) and among…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- herbivory
- plant biomass
- plant quality
- rangeland management
- savanna
- species richness
- species diversity
- communal farming
- commercial agriculture
- game farming
- forage quality
- grazing
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe mediterranean ecosystems of the world harbor exceptional biodiversity, and factors such as livestock grazing which may negatively affect biodiversity are of global concern. The mediterranean…Publication Date 2009
- rangelands
- rangeland condition
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- biodiversity
- livestock
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- Karoo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1927
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordT. Hoffman, U. Schmiedel & N. JĂźrgens ( eds ). Klaus Hess Publishers , GÄ‚Å›ttingen and Windhoek , 2010 . ISBN 9783933117422 ( hardback). ISBN 9783933117441 (Volumes 1, 2 and 3,…Publication Date 2012
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Woody plant increase in grassy biomes has been widely reported over the last century. Increases have been attributed to local drivers associated with land use change, such as heavy grazing…Publication Date 2010
- biome switch
- global drivers
- land use practices
- local drivers
- thicket expansion
- indigenous encroaching species
- grasslands
- grazing
- fire ecology
- carbon dioxide
- Aerial Photographs
- land use
- conservation
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- stocking rates
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannahs cover more than 40% of Africa and provide a variety of important ecosystem services. Their productivity is constrained by disturbance and limiting resources. In southern Africa, fine-leaf…Publication Date 2012
- fertilization
- grazing
- Kalahari transect
- Namibia
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- savannah
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY. * 1The existing information about the Tertiary geology and elimate of Africa is collated and discussed critically. * 2There is no evidence for a revolution in the climate and fauna of Africa…Publication Date 1952
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSUMMARY The author has attempted a revision of all the African species of Terminalia. She has examined all of the type specimens, except those which were destroyed in Berlin during the recent war,…Publication Date 1959
- taxonomy
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordHypotheses about the relative productivities and impacts of current and officially recommended stocking rates were tested in a case study in southern Africa. They support the view that biased…Publication Date 1997
- stocking rate
- carrying capacity
- Range degradation
- sustainability
- Option value
- modelling
- southern Africa
- animal production
- modelling
- Plant Productivity
- decision support systems
- economics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last decade a [']new rangeland science 039; has emerged. One of the tenets of the new science is that pastoralists should not adhere to a single conservative stocking rate, but rather…Publication Date 2000
- Capital costs
- cattle
- carrying capacity
- Environmental costs
- modelling
- rangeland
- southern Africa
- stocking rate
- socio-economic aspects
- economics
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAcocks measured representative sites of good condition grassland in the 1940's that were re-sampled approximately 50 years later in order to compare the effect of commercial versus communal…Publication Date 2003
- grasslands
- land use
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- grazing
- forage quality
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa