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- 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 RecordPinus sylvestris L. and Pinus mugo Turra originating from two plantations established during the 1960s are invading subalpine heathlands higher than 1 500 m above sea level in Montseny Natural Park (…Publication Date 2008-03-01
- Abies
- colonization
- land use
- Mediterranean mountains
- Pinus
- plantation
- Library Collection RecordSince the rise of its first democratically elected government in 1994, South Africa has sought to redress its highly inequitable land distribution through a series of land-reform programs. In this…Publication Date 2008
- land redistribution
- Limpopo Province
- political ecology
- South Africa
- Western Cape Province
- land reform
- policies
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Clay Loam (Linne)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Coastal Clayey (Diablo, Cibo, Cropley) high prodPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Deep Clay (Altamont)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Fine Loamy Upland (Los Osos)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- GraniticPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Gravelly Fine Loam (Santa Lucia)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- LoamyPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Loamy FoothillsPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Loamy Hills (Bearwallow)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Loamy Upland (Laughlin, Suther)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Sandy LoamPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Shallow LoamPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Shallow Loamy UplandPublication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Silt Loam (Gazos)Publication Date 2008
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordThis report contains quantitative and qualitative information on natrural resource conditions within the watershed. This information has been used to develop a watershed profile and to determine the…Publication Date 2008
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cumulative watershed effects
- grazing
- land use
- soil erosion
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThis report contains quantitative and qualitative information on natrural resource conditions within the watershed. This information has been used to develop a watershed profile and to determine the…Publication Date 2008
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- cumulative watershed effects
- grazing
- land use
- soil erosion
- United States
- Library Collection RecordTransformation of indigenous vegetation for production purposes impacts negatively on biodiversity but does this necessarily equate with a decrease in phytomass accumulation, which may influence…Publication Date 2008
- grasslands
- plant production
- carbon sequestration
- land use
- management
- conservation
- agriculture
- pasture management
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn Kenya, lands surrounding wildlife protected areas (PAs), referred to as dispersal areas, have undergone widespread land use changes, but these have been little studied. This study investigated…Publication Date 2008
- conservation
- agriculture
- national parks
- land use
- grazing
- biodiversity
- disturbance
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis review discusses persistent tensions in efforts to secure land rights in Africa's drylands. Some researchers and practitioners advocate for formal, legal recognition of group rights as a…Publication Date 2008
- drylands
- Secure access
- land tenure
- Customary rights
- natural resources
- Multiple users
- Africa
- subsistence agriculture
- land use
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA number of studies have begun to show the large impact that pastoralism has on African savanna ecosystems. Here we look at the impact of abandoned settlements on the distribution of the large…Publication Date 2008
- pastoralism
- Sedentarization
- primary succession
- Nutrient hotspots
- community
- land use
- Abandoned lands
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFragmentation of the ecosystems of the earth into spatially isolated units has emerged as a primary component of global change. Often, fragmentation results from actions that are intended to enhance…Publication Date 2008
- fragmentation
- rangelands
- adaptation
- public policy
- Economic Aspects
- policies
- management
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordTransfrontier conservation has taken Southern Africa by storm, where the modus operandi remains simple and intuitive: by dissolving boundaries, local benefits grow as conservation and development…Publication Date 2008
- Transfrontier conservation
- Neoliberalism
- Community-based natural resources management
- Livelihoods
- South Africa
- transfrontier parks
- conservation
- socio-economic aspects
- eco-tourism
- decision support systems
- economics
- policies
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand management in tropical woodlands is being used to sequester carbon (C), alleviate poverty and protect biodiversity, among other benefits. Our objective was to determine how slash-and-burn…Publication Date 2008
- savanna
- Tropical deciduous forest
- basal area
- Allometric equations
- Wood density
- soil bulk density
- Soil C stock
- biodiversity
- Shannon index
- Chronosequence
- land use
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- soil organic carbon
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper describes a procedure for evaluating the desertification risk in threatened areas. The procedure is based on an eight-equation dynamic model of a generic human-resource system that can be…Publication Date 2008
- Desertification risk
- System Dynamics
- Alternative long-term states
- desertification
- modelling
- management
- grasslands
- sustainability
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordContinuous human population expansion pressure on conservation ecosystems restricts wildlife areas, and necessitates active management. In areas of changing land-use and increasing human-animal…Publication Date 2008
- Loxodonta africana
- Ranging behaviour
- Reaction time
- Cautious behaviour
- Response indicator
- GIS
- national parks
- management
- land use
- conservation
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWithin the Kyoto Protocol, the clean development mechanism (CDM) is an instrument intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while assisting developing countries in achieving sustainable…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- afforestation
- reforestation
- land use
- Spatial modeling
- trees
- forests
- carbon
- CDM-AR
- land use change
- greenhouse gases
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- Carbon Sink
- grasslands
- savanna
- food security
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIrrigated Pasture Production in the Central Valley of CaliforniaPublication Date 2008
- irrigated pasture
- Grazing Ecology and Management
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordIrrigated Alfalfa Management for Mediterranean and Desert ZonesPublication Date 2008
- irrigated pasture
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- climate variability
- pest management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Gravelly Loam FoothillsPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordAs part of an investigation of land degradation in the South African Karoo, three types of fine sediment signatures (radionuclides, mineral magnetism and sediment geochemistry) were used to trace the…Publication Date 2007
- Sediment fingerprinting
- South African Karoo
- Erosion history
- Extreme events
- 137Cs and 210Pb
- land use
- soils
- management
- grazing
- fire
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Very Stony Shallow LoamPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Very Stony LoamPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Shallow Loamy HillsPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Shallow Fine LoamyPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordWe use the concept of ecological revolutions to explain the environmental history of Namaqualand, from the advent of pastoralism 2000 years BP, to colonial settlement in the 18th century and finally…Publication Date 2007
- degradation
- Environmental history
- human impact
- population
- repeat photography
- socio-economic aspects
- agriculture
- grazing
- management
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAdvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index data (NDVI, 1 km2, 1985-2003) and modeled net primary production (NPP, 8 km2, 1981-2000) data were used to…Publication Date 2007
- monitoring
- AVHRR
- NDVI
- rain-use efficiency
- NPP
- Communal lands
- South Africa
- degradation
- land use
- remote sensing
- NDVI values
- mapping
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSouth Africa is poorly endowed with natural forests, and is heavily dependent on plantations of exotic forestry species to meet its timber needs. The first forest plantations of exotic trees were…Publication Date 2007
- forest plantations
- Hydrological impacts
- legislation
- Licensing
- South Africa
- hydrology
- land use
- monitoring
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrowth and Development of Forage PlantsPublication Date 2007
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- LoamyPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordDeserts are known to mankind, but the term desertification has always been an elusive concept. It is now defined in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as land degradation…Publication Date 2007
- land degradation
- Land use and land cover changes
- overgrazing
- Biomass burning and atmospheric emissions
- Air Pollution
- Forest and woodland clearing
- wind erosion
- climate change
- degradation
- erosion
- land use
- grazing
- management
- Carbon Sink
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEffects of Exurban Development on Wildlife and Plant CommunitiesPublication Date 2007
- ecological thresholds
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland policy
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordEcological Site Description- Fine LoamyPublication Date 2007
- Ecological Site Description
- climate variability
- Oaks
- rangeland ecology
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- rangeland soils
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Wildlife Habitat and Management
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity is a critical component of the natural environment and the protection of it often meant the displacement of local communities in developing countries. The Richtersveld National Park (…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- conservation
- Population crashes
- Herd recovery
- goats
- biodiversity
- socio-economic aspects
- national parks
- sheep
- pastoralism
- land use
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordExclosure size affects young blue oak seedling growthPublication Date 2007
- Grazing Ecology and Management
- Oaks
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Anthropogenic perturbations have profoundly modified the Earth's biogeochemical cycles, the most prominent of these changes being manifested by global carbon (C) cycling. We…Publication Date 2007
- carbon sequestration
- 13C NMR
- deforestation
- land-use change
- NEXAFS
- organic matter composition
- Sr-FTIR-ATR
- synchrotron radiation
- land use
- grasslands
- vegetation dynamics
- carbon dynamics
- soil organic carbon
- agriculture
- Africa
- Library Collection Record[1] Land use/cover change has been recognized as a key component in global change. Various land cover data sets, including historically reconstructed, recently observed, and future projected, have…Publication Date 2007
- land use
- climate change
- management
- classification
- data analysis
- remote sensing
- modelling
- rainfall
- 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