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- Library Collection RecordThe decline of soil organic matter as a result of agricultural land use was identified for a review with the ultimate aim of developing a soil protection strategy and policy for South Africa. Such a…Publication Date 2011
- land use
- soils
- policy
- Organic Content
- grazing
- fire
- rangeland
- agriculture
- conservation
- no-till
- pasture
- soil nutrients
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grazing
- Brazil
- prices
- land use
- demand
- models
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- biomass
- land use
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- abandoned land
- land use
- natural resources
- farmland
- land resources
- degradation
- environmental degradation
- reclamation
- land improvement
- land use
- grazing
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- animal production
- land resources
- agriculture
- degradation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- losses from soil
- losses
- soil
- overgrazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing
- Rainfall patterns
- Rainfed farming
- Cultural Methods
- rain
- land management
- land use
- land
- Library Collection RecordA longitudinal study of California hardwood rangelands shows significant change in landowner characteristics and goals. Results of three studies spanning 1985 to 2004 were used to develop and…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- attitudes
- conservation easements
- impermanence syndrome
- land use
- management
- Quercus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Ethiopia
- semiarid zones
- pastoral society
- Ethnic groups
- Structural Change
- land use
- pastoralism
- livestock management
- environmental degradation
- rangelands
- floodplains
- crops
- plant ecology
- seed
- germination
- regeneration
- population structure
- plant cover
- Drought Resistance
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- land use
- grasslands
- farmland
- research
- Library Collection RecordMany researchers have used time-series analysis of remotely sensed images to gain understanding of the dynamics of loss of vegetation cover in drylands. However, complex interactions between…Publication Date 2010
- Loss of vegetation
- Mixed-effects
- NDVI
- remote sensing
- modelling
- NDVI values
- vegetation dynamics
- climate
- rainfall
- soils
- land use
- Somalia
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordMalagarasi River catchment represents one of the largest and most significant transboundary natural ecosystems in Africa. The catchment constitutes about one third of the catchment area of Lake…Publication Date 2010
- Land use land cover changes
- Malagarasi river catchment
- Muyovozi wetland
- perceptions
- remote sensing
- land use
- fire
- grazing
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- rehabilitation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDuring the last few decades, many regions have experienced major land use transformations, often driven by human activities. Assessing and evaluating these changes requires consistent data over time…Publication Date 2010
- Dryland observation
- scale
- Time series analysis
- NOAA AVHRR
- Landsat TM/ETM+
- remote sensing
- land use
- monitoring
- NOAA
- management
- Greece
- Library Collection RecordLand degradation in drylands is one of the major environmental issues of the 21st century particularly due to its impact on world food security and environmental quality. Climate change, shifts in…Publication Date 2010
- drylands
- Ecogeomorphology
- land degradation
- sediment transport
- Vegetation patterns
- degradation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- erosion
- land use
- management
- Library Collection RecordSavanna covers about two-thirds of Africa, with forage quantity and quality being important factors determining the distribution and density of wildlife and domestic stock. Testing hypotheses about…Publication Date 2010
- forage
- quality
- remote sensing
- hyperspectral
- herbivory
- Foliar
- nitrogen
- protein
- Polyphenol
- mopane
- savanna
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- livestock
- mapping
- management
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. aged and natural ecosystems, herbivory can have a major impact on plant growth. Defoliation and shoot removal reduce the photosynthetic capacity of plants and are also thought to reduce allocation…Publication Date 2010
- fertiliser
- ecosystem ecology
- invertebrates
- arbuscular myccorrhyiza
- clipping
- defoliation
- ectomycorrhiza
- grazing
- insect herbivory
- land use
- meta-analysis
- mowing
- grasses
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Grazing is one of the key processes in terrestrial ecosystems and this can be provided by both indigenous and domestic ungulates. However, a question remains whether or not traditional forms…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- dung beetles
- grazing
- land use
- indicator species
- livestock
- insects
- management
- conservation
- Vaalbos National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobal change (climate change together with other worldwide anthropogenic processes such as increasing trade, air pollution and urbanization) will affect plant health at the genetic, individual,…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- biotic disturbances
- carbon sequestration
- grassland experiments
- land use
- landscape pathology
- long-term datasets
- plant pathogenic fungi
- Sustainable development
- tree genetic diversity
- climate change
- ecosystem ecology
- landscape ecology
- management
- decision support systems
- 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 RecordThis paper is a first step towards a conservation plan for the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve (K2C) on the South African Central Lowveld, quantifying the historical land-cover trends (1993 2006…Publication Date 2010
- Central Lowveld
- conservation planning
- development
- land-use change
- conservation
- management
- land use
- rangeland
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the spectral information of digital aerial sensors in determining land-cover classification using new digital techniques. The land covers…Publication Date 2010
- digital aerial photography
- expert classification algorithm
- land-cover classification
- objectoriented classification
- UltracamD
- agriculture
- land use
- Cordoba Province
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordA quarter century of oak woodland research in the Sierra foothills supports oak restorationPublication Date 2010
- monitoring and assessment
- Oaks
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordSpatially explicit land use/cover models are indispensable for sustainable rural land use planning, particularly in southern African countries that are experiencing rapid land use/cover changes.…Publication Date 2009
- Land use/cover change
- Multicriteria evaluation (MCE)
- Multi-objective land allocation (MOLA)
- Markov-cellular automata model
- land use
- modelling
- remote sensing
- mapping
- degradation
- rural areas
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIt is becoming increasingly difficult to manage and expand statutory conservation areas (i.e., parks and formally protected areas). Therefore, alternative opportunities for land conservation merit…Publication Date 2009
- Private protected areas
- stewardship
- Gap analysis
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation easements
- Private land conservation
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- land use
- Little Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study looks at the impact of subdivision and sedentarization of pastoral lands on wildlife numbers and production in a savanna ecosystem of southern Kenya. The study uses aerial counts over a…Publication Date 2009
- land fragmentation
- rangelands
- Maasai
- settlement
- conservation
- land reform
- land use
- savanna
- ecosystem dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- wildlife
- management
- grazing
- grasslands
- socio-economic aspects
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPatchy vegetation patterns are an expression of soil surface conditions, water redistribution on the soil surface and landscape function. Their origin is attributed by many a scholar to the…Publication Date 2009
- patchiness
- Moisture dependencies
- Soil crusting
- Runoff generation
- Dysfunctional
- Soil Condition
- rainfall
- runoff
- Aerial Photographs
- Alien invasive species
- disturbance
- erosion
- land use
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- degradation
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe need to implement sustainable resource management regimes for semi-arid and arid rangelands is acute as non-adapted grazing strategies lead to irreversible environmental problems such as…Publication Date 2009
- adaptation
- climate change
- Arid rangelands
- Namibia
- Bio-economic simulation approach
- land use
- sustainability
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- grazing
- modelling
- ecology
- savanna
- stocking rates
- decision support systems
- vegetation dynamics
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relationships between the spatial distribution of gully erosion and topographic thresholds in the form of slope angle, position and configuration, as well as land use change in the form of…Publication Date 2009
- gully erosion
- Abandoned lands
- Slope configuration
- Stream power index
- Topographic threshold
- erosion
- land use
- degradation
- GIS
- remote sensing
- policies
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordHuman land use such as pastoralism may be a key determinant of wildlife populations. We studied the influence of land use on wildlife and livestock in south-western Kalahari, Botswana, during the wet…Publication Date 2009
- Carnivore
- distance
- herbivore
- Mammal
- Ostrich
- savanna
- land use
- conservation
- national parks
- livestock
- pastoralism
- cattle
- species richness
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) has been the most influential global appraisal of land quality in terms of environmental policy. However, its expert judgments were never tested for…Publication Date 2009
- GLASOD
- land degradation
- Expert judgment
- Qualitative response model
- Non-parametric analysis
- Soil Condition
- degradation
- environmental impact
- GIS
- land use
- mapping
- crop production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouth Africa's moist grassland harbours globally significant biodiversity, supplies essential ecosystem services, supports crop and livestock agriculture, forestry and settlement, yet is poorly…Publication Date 2009
- agriculture
- animals
- biodiversity
- birds
- climate
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- crops
- Agricultural/growth & development
- ecosystem
- environment
- forestry
- insects
- mammals
- Poaceae
- Soil/analysis
- grasslands
- land use
- conservation
- management
- landscape ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn this study, we asked the Ariaal herders of northern Kenya to answer 'why, what and how' they classified landscape, and assessed and monitored the biodiversity of 10 km2 of grazing land.…Publication Date 2009
- Anthropogenic indicators
- Ariaal
- biodiversity
- Indigenous knowledge
- Grazing suitability
- landscape classification
- Landscape potential
- traditional knowledge
- pastoralism
- monitoring
- grazing
- grasslands
- land use
- Soil Condition
- livestock
- conservation
- management
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper explores Swaziland's National Action Programme (NAP) to combat desertification; the country's main strategy for implementing the United Nations Convention to Combat…Publication Date 2009
- land degradation
- policy
- Poverty
- Orthodoxy
- Myth
- desertification
- policies
- management
- degradation
- land use
- Africa
- Swaziland
- Library Collection RecordCentral governments have neither the capacity nor the local knowledge to implement a just, large-scale national land registration system. Support to local institutions to undertake intermediate forms…Publication Date 2009
- land
- Property
- institutions
- investment
- management
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- pastoralism
- land reform
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand degradation, the temporary or permanent reduction of land's productive capacity resulting from poor land management, has gained considerable attention as an environmental and development…Publication Date 2009
- dryland degradation
- net primary productivity
- HANPP
- land use
- drylands
- degradation
- management
- Economic Aspects
- desertification
- mapping
- Library Collection RecordUrban and peri-urban agriculture is becoming increasingly important as a source of income and food for the urban population in South Africa. This study was prompted by concerns of city authorities…Publication Date 2009
- Horticulture
- soil compaction
- Soil management effects
- Urban agriculture
- water content
- agriculture
- soils
- tillage
- soil moisture
- land use
- North West Province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPost-1994 land reform policies have had limited effects on land use in the communities surrounding Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserves in South Africa's Transkei region. Likewise, prior state…Publication Date 2009
- land tenure
- protected areas
- villagization
- forests
- socio-economic aspects
- politics
- land use
- subsistence agriculture
- legislation
- management
- stakeholders
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordRegenerating Rangeland Oaks in CaliforniaPublication Date 2009
- Oaks
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordHay harvesting services respond to market trendsPublication Date 2009
- economics
- irrigated pasture
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Rangeland Technology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- 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 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 RecordInvasive Plants and Wildfires in Southern CaliforniaPublication Date 2009
- Fire Ecology and Management
- invasive species
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- weed management
- Library Collection RecordThe new African National Congress government announced after 1994 that municipal commonage would be a pillar of their land reform programme. The Department of Land Affairs spearheaded this by…Publication Date 2009
- Direct-use value of livestock
- Livelihoods
- Local government
- Municipal commonage
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- common land
- income
- land reform
- landownership
- Livestock farming
- Local government
- productivity
- rural economy
- stakeholder
- subsistence agriculture
- policies
- legislation
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- land use
- management
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- Soil sciences
- soil management
- land use
- natural resources
- environment
- Nature conservation
- soil chemicophysical properties
- fertilizer application
- soil biology
- education
- tillage
- vegetation
- education
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- genetic soil types
- Geomorphology
- land use
- climatic factors
- watersheds
- water erosion
- environmental impact
- research projects
- vegetation
- Library Collection Record18 Congreso Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo. Contenido, Cabrera de Bisbal, E.Parra, R.M..- Maracay (Venezuela): SVCS, 2009. Congreso Venezolano de la Ciencia del Suelo, 18., Santa Bá…Publication Date 2009
- Sorghum bicolor
- crops
- forests
- pastures
- vegetation
- land use
- land classification
- climatic factors
- water erosion
- soil conservation
- Sorghum bicolor
- vegetation
- Sorghum bicolor
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- cattle
- transhumance
- livestock management
- herds
- pastoralism
- pastoral society
- nomadism
- Ethnic groups
- social change
- history
- Germany
- land use
- land management
- grazing lands
- Namibia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- reindeer
- livestock management
- herds
- history
- predation
- losses
- economic analysis
- Animal ecology
- Climatic change
- habitats
- environmental impact
- infrastructure
- pastures
- Land consolidation
- land management
- land use
- Ethnic groups
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Mongolia
- Land Policies
- Tenure
- land transfers
- land ownership
- land management
- land use
- grasslands
- Constraints
- urbanization
- Villages
- pastoral society
- nomadism
- Indigenous knowledge
- history
- land resources
- Industrialization
- environmental impact
- resource management
- regional planning
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- dairy cows
- milk production
- land use
- pastures
- meadows
- Library Collection RecordTo redress past discrepancies in land tenure, the ANC government acknowledged that land needs to be made accessible to the previously disadvantaged, announcing that commonage would be a pillar of…Publication Date 2009
- Municipal commonage
- Livelihoods
- natural resource valuation
- direct-use values
- policies
- politics
- socio-economic aspects
- land tenure
- land use
- communal farming
- legislation
- management
- grazing
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- alpine grasslands
- nutrients
- land use
- habitats
- botanical composition
- population dynamics
- surveys