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- Library Collection RecordThesis by Chris Bernau concerning Fire, Invasive Plants, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- invasive species
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Brianna Goehring concerning Livestock, Grazing, Invasive Plants and other subjectsPublication Date 2009
- livestock
- grazing
- invasive species
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Michael Hale concerning Grazing, Monitoring, Invasive Plants and other subjectsPublication Date 2002
- grazing
- monitoring
- invasive species
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Alan Bower concerning Invasive Plants, Plant Communities, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2003
- invasive species
- plant communities
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Elayne Hovde concerning Livestock, Grazing, Invasive Plants and other subjectsPublication Date 2006
- livestock
- grazing
- invasive species
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Daniel Patten concerning Grazing, Livestock, Invasive Plants and other subjectsPublication Date 2009
- grazing
- livestock
- invasive species
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Sandra Robins concerning Invasive Plants, Plant Communities, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2001
- invasive species
- plant communities
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Jason Campbell concerning Invasive Plants, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2013
- invasive species
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThe study area is a mountain rangeland at an altitude ranging from 2,200 to 2,700 metres above sea level. The site is about 160 kilometres northeast of Maseru, the capital. Pressure on the rangeland…Publication Date 1998
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe study area is a mountain rangeland at an altitude ranging from 2,200 to 2,700 metres above sea level. The site is about 160 kilometres northeast of Maseru, the capital. Pressure on the rangeland…Publication Date 1998
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe study area is a mountain rangeland at an altitude ranging from 2,200 to 2,700 metres above sea level. The site is about 160 kilometres northeast of Maseru, the capital. Pressure on the rangeland…Publication Date 1998
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordTool for decision making on managing brush in arid landscapes.Publication Date 2018
- brush control
- invasive species
- matrix
- Library Collection RecordAn article about cheatgrass invading the Great Plains.Publication Date 2001
- invasive species
- drought
- wildfires
- cheatgrass
- Great Plains
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAn environmental assessment of the beetle's effects.Publication Date 1996
- invasive species
- control methods
- Beetles
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA study to detect if there is a difference between non-infested native sites and leafy spurge infested sites with regards to N, P, organic matter and pH.
- Leafy spurge
- invasive species
- control methods
- nutrient availability
- North Dakota
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis, hereafter bluegrass) invasion in the northern Great Plains is reducing biodiversity and altering ecosystem properties. We cannot remove bluegrass from this system…Publication Date 2018
- Fire Ecology and Management
- Grazing Ecology and Management
- invasive species
- novel ecosystems
- Poa pratensis
- northern Great Plains
- Library Collection RecordThis article reviews the introduction and spread of Lehmann Lovegrass throughout the Altar Valley as well as the mixed results of a variety of management techniques on the Buenos Aires National…Publication Date 2000
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- invasive species
- Lehmann lovegrass
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This conference was designed to provide a non-confrontational setting for a variety of people from differing viewpoints to discuss the threats facing arid grasslands of the Southwest.…Publication Date 1996
- arid grasslands
- Arizona
- Arizona grassland
- erosion control
- exotic species
- invasive species
- United States
- water quality
- wildfire management
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- plant communities
- invasive species
- fire ecology
- ecosystems
- drought
- plants
- Colorado
- climate
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- weed control
- invasive species
- Euphorbia esula
- agricultural economics
- biological control
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1970
- weed control
- invasive species
- herbicides
- Euphorbia esula
- agricultural economics
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge is an invasive noxious weed, which by definition means it is inordinately difficult to control. The objective of this report is to present the results of focus group meetings and…
- weed control
- invasive species
- Euphorbia esula
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge is an exotic, noxious, perennial weed which is widely established in the north central United States and is an especially serious problem in the northern Great Plains. In 1997, the…
- weed control
- invasive species
- insects
- Euphorbia esula
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), first introduced in North America in the 19th century, was found in North Dakota in 1909, and was considered a threat to rangeland in the Great Plains as early as…
- weed control
- invasive species
- grazing management
- sheep
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThis report presents an economic feasibility study of a 5,000 head, cooperatively owned, sheep operation for leafy spurge control. The objectives were 1) determine the return on investment of the…
- weed control
- invasive species
- grazing management
- Euphorbia esula
- cooperatives
- sheep
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- plant competition
- invasive species
- plants
- Oklahoma
- herbicides
- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of Acacia mearnsii in the Kouga catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa, has various negative impacts on the ecosystem. These impacts include: reduced species richness, increased water use…Publication Date 2009
- Acacia mearnsii
- Wattles
- soil erosion
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- biological invasions
- alien plants
- invasive plants
- biogeography
- soil management
- soil moisture
- Soils alien invasive species
- soil nutrients
- conservation
- restoration ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) is the only existing national park situated in succulent thicket. This unique veld type is endemic to the Eastern Cape, and forms an important centre…Publication Date 1998
- Addo Elephant National Park
- flora
- Elephants
- Nature reserves
- management
- biodiversity
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlso issued on CD-ROM. Summary available in English and AfrikaansPublication Date 2009
- agriculture
- plant production
- grazing
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe following dissertation sets out to investigate the decline of agriculture in Mission location at Butterworth, Transkei, using the Rehabilitation Scheme as a benchmark. The scheme was introduced…Publication Date 2003
- agriculture
- South Africa
- Transkei
- land use
- land tenure
- soil erosion
- politics
- policies
- communal farming
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordBiomass burning contributes significantly to the global concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere (Fishman et al., 2003, Kaufman et al., 1998). The African continent is…Publication Date 2010
- Air
- pollution
- earth sciences
- remote sensing
- image processing
- fire ecology
- groundcover fires
- environmental aspects
- southern Africa
- Savanna ecology
- biomass
- greenhouse gases
- savanna
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of fire and mechanical clearing were investigated for their potential in assisting with the eradication of Chromolaena odorata (previously Eupatorium odoratum). The study was divided into…Publication Date 2006
- Alien invasive species
- fire
- management
- restoration ecology
- drought
- savanna
- grassland
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe 28-month study assessed the impacts of five syntopic medium-sized mammalian browsers and one fire event in a woodland savanna in the Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe. Aspects of herbivory, mechanical…Publication Date 2011
- antelopes
- Zimbabwe
- Duikers
- Bushbuck
- kudu
- seed dispersal
- grazing
- ecosystem ecology
- fire ecology
- savanna
- nutrients
- game plant production
- germination
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordCities must go further and further away to find new, more costly sources of water for human consumption while industries and agriculture continue to compete for increasingly scarce water resources.…Publication Date 2011
- Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve
- water resources
- environmental economics
- ecosystem services
- nature reserve
- water
- Economic Aspects
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobally, ecosystems provide services of almost twice the value of global gross national product (Costanza et al., 2006). The Buffalo City Municipality (BCM), South Africa contains biodiversity of…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity conservation
- South Africa
- Buffalo City
- ecosystem services
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- degradation
- GIS
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the role played by traditional leaders in environmental governance in the context of decentralization, based on a case study of grass utilization in QwaQwa. Specifically,…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- conservation
- agriculture
- environmental aspects
- grasses
- South Africa
- QwaQwa
- grassland ecology
- veld grass
- grasswork
- tribal government
- chiefdoms
- environmental policy
- subsistence agriculture
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand use and land transformation are major threats to biodiversity. Only a small percentage of land and thus biodiversity is protected within reserves. The majority of biodiversity lies in the hands…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Agrobiodiversity
- Agricultural ecology
- veld
- landscape assessment
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- grassland
- savanna
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- grazing
- fire ecology
- soil erosion
- commercial agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary in English and Afrikaans. Also issued in printed format.Publication Date 2007
- birds
- mammals
- ecology
- grasslands
- diet selection
- ecology
- game animals
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlso issued on CD-ROM. Summary available in English and AfrikaansPublication Date 2007
- cattle
- animal production
- forage quality
- management
- diet selection
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary in English and AfrikaansPublication Date 2005
- cattle
- nutrition
- animal production
- forage quality
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommonage is land that is usually found adjacent to a town, which is owned by the local municipality and acquired through state grants or, historically, through the church. Since the new government…Publication Date 2009
- commonage
- land reform
- common property resource
- adaptive co-management
- Subsistence farming
- management
- land use
- grazing
- Sustainable utilisation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordInternationally there is an increasing focus on involving local communities in natural resource management and monitoring. Monitoring methods which are professionally driven appear to be inadequate…Publication Date 2009
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- natural resources
- management
- Community development
- citizen participation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- social aspects
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- natural resources
- monitoring
- communal farming
- conservation
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe decommissioning of mines and mining-related activities brings about the onset of rehabilitation. A legacy that most coal mines must address is the rehabilitation of the coal discard dumps that…Publication Date 2009
- conservation
- mining
- rehabilitation
- restoration ecology
- soils
- grass
- seeds
- fertiliser
- management
- soil nutrients
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlso available on CD-ROM. Accompanying map and table in pocket at back of book. (copy one) Accomapnying map and table available on level 3 (copy two) Summary in English and Afrikaans. Vegetation…Publication Date 2007
- ecology
- grasslands
- mapping
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract available.Publication Date 2005
- Endemic plants
- phytogeography
- alien plants
- alien invasive plants
- Floristics
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: The KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa, is predominantly a grassland ecosystem maintained by fire. The effect of the current burning regime on invertebrate and flowering forb diversity…Publication Date 2006
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- species richness
- invertebrates
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe spatial and temporal patterns of fire in Africa south of the equator are described and investigated to test hypotheses on the main drivers of fire. In particular, the relative importance of…Publication Date 2010
- fire ecology
- Savanna ecology
- southern Africa
- vegatation dynamics
- fires
- environmental aspects
- satellite imagery
- modelling
- global change
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand degradation is a global problem affecting many countries including South Africa. This study was conducted in order to assess and monitor the nature and extent of land degradation within Qoqodala…Publication Date 2009
- geographic information systems
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- remote sensing
- land degradation
- monitoring
- GIS
- indigenous encroaching species
- erosion
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Grassland biome of South Africa has been identified as critically endangered and the biome in South Africa most requiring conservation attention through the implementation of efficient,…Publication Date 2007
- grassland ecology
- South Africa
- grassland
- conservation
- natural resources
- grassland biome
- biodiversity
- degradation
- soil erosion
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous encroaching species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Ngorongoro Crater is a volcanic caldera located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. The Crater comprises a flat grassland plain surrounded by steep, bushy walls. It contains…Publication Date 2006
- grasslands
- conservation
- cattle
- fire ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- monitoring
- vegetation dynamics
- southern Africa