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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 RecordDissertation by Steven Garrity concerning Remote Sensing, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2010
- remote sensing
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Corey Gucker concerning Fire, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2004
- fire ecology
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Brenda Guettler concerning Plant Communities, Fire, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2007
- plant communities
- fire ecology
- ecology
- 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 Andrea Kuchy concerning Fire, Ecology, Plant Communities and other subjectsPublication Date 2008
- fire ecology
- ecology
- plant communities
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Sam Lossing concerning Rangeland Management, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- grassland management
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordDissertation by Javier Naupari concerning Remote Sensing, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2011
- remote sensing
- ecology
- 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 Katherine Lanspery concerning Ecology, Remote Sensing and other subjectsPublication Date 2005
- ecology
- remote sensing
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Aaron Roth concerning Plant Communities, Fire, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2004
- plant communities
- fire ecology
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Mamie Smith concerning Plant Communities, Ecology, Native Plants and other subjectsPublication Date 2007
- plant communities
- ecology
- Indigenous organisms
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Ben Wissinger concerning Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2012
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Curtis Yanish concerning Fire, Ecology, Monitoring and other subjectsPublication Date 2002
- fire ecology
- ecology
- monitoring
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Jason Campbell concerning Invasive Plants, Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2013
- invasive species
- ecology
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThesis by Julie Finzel concerning Ecology and other subjectsPublication Date 2011
- 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 RecordA brief overview of the ecology of North American Pronghorn in Arizona.Publication Date 2014
- ecology
- wildlife management
- pronghorn
- Library Collection RecordThis Animal Abstract contains information on the taxonomy, identification, range, biology, management, and population trends of Antilocapra americana sonoriensis.Publication Date 2002
- wildlife management
- ecology
- Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
- Library Collection RecordThis Animal Abstract contains information on the taxonomy, identification, range, biology, management, and population trends of the Chihuahuan Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana mexicana).Publication Date 2002
- wildlife management
- ecology
- Antilocapra americana mexicana
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- vegetation types
- ecology
- ecological soil types
- California
- 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
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of livestock type (cattle-to-sheep ratio) and stocking rate on grassland species richness and vegetation composition were tested using two long-term trials in Highland Sourveld Grassland…Publication Date 2007
- grasslands
- grazing
- South Africa
- KwaZulu - Natal
- plant diversity
- grazing
- environmental aspects
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- stocking rates
- grassland
- species richness
- fire
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA history ofland degradation is reconstructed in a part of the dividing ridge between the Great Fish and Keiskamma rivers, in Peddie District, former Ciskei. The study entails a comparative…Publication Date 1997
- land use
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- erosion
- degradation
- Tenure
- land use
- Subsistence farming
- Commercial farming
- Traditional management
- betterment villages
- Aerial Photographs
- GIS
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Minerals and Petroleum Resources Act (MRPDA) No 28 of 2002 of South Africa states that the holder of a mining permit remains liable for environmental consequences until a closure certificate has…Publication Date 2009
- landscape ecology
- South Africa
- Highveld
- grassland ecology
- gold mines
- mining
- environmental aspects
- spectrum analysis
- restoration ecology
- rehabilitation
- modelling
- monitoring
- remote sensing
- southern Africa