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- Library Collection RecordTeff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) is a major food crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is well adapted to Vertisols. Yields are low (around 1000 ‰kg/ha) despite fertilization with urea and…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- grasslands
- soicio-economic aspects
- food security
- fertilizer
- soil fertility
- zinc
- management
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Studying the effects of climate or weather extremes such as drought and heat waves on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is one of the most important facets of climate change research. In…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- biodiversity
- Ecosystem function
- primary production
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- plant physiology
- soil micro-organisms
- below-ground
- competition
- Decomposition
- invasion
- leaf chemistry
- microbial
- phenology
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation change
- productivity
- Europe
- 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
- feeds
- quality
- feed intake
- milk yield
- dairy cows
- concentrates
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- cutting
- digestibility
- nutritive value
- animal feeding
- 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
- sheep
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- highlands
- animal health
- intensification
- sustainability
- intensification
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can managing disturbance regimes alone or in combination with seeding native species serve to shift the balance from exotic towards native species? Location: Central coast of California,…Publication Date 2011
- clipping
- Coastal Prairie
- Danthonia californica
- exotic species
- grazing
- mowing
- Plant guilds
- grasslands
- disturbance
- restoration ecology
- releves
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grasslands
- vegetation
- meadows
- sown grasslands
- Feed Crops
- legumes
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- organic compounds
- Chemical Compounds
- economic analysis
- Economic Value
- efficiency
- productivity
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasses
- grasslands
- species
- Juncus
- pteridophyta
- fire ecology
- fires
- history
- plant ecology
- carbon
- site factors
- grazing intensity
- controlled burning
- environmental impact
- allometry
- biomass
- Statistical methods
- Peru
- Library Collection Record1.?The occurrence and intensity of climate extremes, such as extremely warm years, are expected to continue to increase with increasing tropospheric radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- prairie
- climate change
- global wrming
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- -ground net primary productivity - ANPP
- anomalously warm year
- EcoCELL whole-ecosystem controlled-environment gas exchange facility
- grassland ecosystem
- interannual climate variability
- lagged responses
- plant biodiversity
- Plant functional group
- plant species diversity
- plant-climate interactions
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Protected areas such as national parks are often assumed to be the best way to conserve plant diversity and maintain ecosystem composition and structure. To evaluate this assertion, we…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- management
- restoration ecology
- management
- grasslands
- data analysis
- biodiversity
- land use
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- species richness
- national parks
- Tunisia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- sheep
- grazing
- feed additives
- selenium
- milk yield
- milk fat
- selenium
- Library Collection RecordLow larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz.) poisoning causes serious economic loss to livestock producers that graze cattle on foothill and mountain ranges in western North America. In general, all…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- alkaloids
- diet selection
- larkspur
- poisonous plants
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordRangelands occupy 50% of Earth’s land surface and thus are important in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. For rangelands and other terrestrial ecosystems, the balance between photosynthetic uptake of…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- climatic variability
- deserts
- functional change
- grasslands
- shrublands
- variability in carbon flux
- Library Collection RecordNutrient controls of ecosystem pattern and process have been widely studied at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, a well-studied California rangeland ecosystem. Here we review these studies, from…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- California rangelands
- carbon
- elevated CO2
- global change
- grasslands
- Jasper Ridge
- nitrogen
- nutrient limitation
- phosphorus
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning of aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie is common and may influence dynamics and magnitudes of carbon (C) movement between the surface and atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2)…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- conditional sampling
- fire
- grasslands
- Konza Prairie
- land management
- net ecosystem exchange
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands and agroecosystems occupy one-third of the terrestrial area, but their contribution to the global carbon cycle remains uncertain. We used a set of 316 site-years of CO2 exchange…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- cropland
- ecosystem respiration
- grasslands
- gross primary reduction
- light-response function method
- net CO2 flux partitioning
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- plants
- desertification
- grasslands
- desertification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- information systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- soil
- absorption
- absorption
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- remote sensing
- information management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- biomass
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- wind erosion
- water use
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- yields
- climatic factors
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- sampling
- yields
- Library Collection RecordSouthern African savannas are mixed plant communities where C3 trees co-exist with C4 grasses. Here foliar ?15N and ?13C were used as indicators of nitrogen uptake and of water use efficiency to…Publication Date 2010
- stable isotopes
- soil nitrogen
- soil carbon
- aridity
- C3 plants
- C4 plants
- savanna
- Soil Condition
- grasslands
- water use efficiency
- rainfall
- plant autecology
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- saline soils
- potassium
- potassium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- land use
- grasslands
- farmland
- research
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Feed Crops
- cultivation
- drainage
- grasslands
- hay
- haymaking
- silage
- silage making
- drainage
- Library Collection RecordCongress abstracts. First Serbian Forestry Congress under slogan Future with Forest, Ristić, R. (ed.)Medarević, M. (ed.)Popović, Z. (ed.).- Belgrade (Serbia): University of Belgrade, Faculty of…Publication Date 2010
- herbaceous plants
- grasslands
- highlands
- national parks
- soil pollution
- heavy metals
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- forests
- grasslands
- monitoring
- data analysis
- networks
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grazing
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordHere we describe the fine root distribution of trees and grasses relative to soil nitrogen and water profiles. The primary objective is to improve our understanding of edaphic processes influencing…Publication Date 2010
- nitrogen
- root biomass
- savanna
- Trees and grasses
- water
- [delta]13C
- [delta]15N
- soils
- grasslands
- ecology
- ecosystem dynamics
- soil nutrition
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 19 International Science Symposium on Nutrition of Domestic Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2010
- grasslands
- Herbage crops
- browse plants
- ruminants
- botanical composition
- flora
- Dry matter content
- proximate composition
- energy value
- nutritive value
- carbohydrates
- flora
- Library Collection RecordAtmospheric CO2 has more than doubled since the last glacial maximum (LGM) and could double again within this century, largely due to anthropogenic activity. It has been suggested that low [CO2]…Publication Date 2010
- elevated CO2
- fire
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Root
- savanna
- starch
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- elevated CO2
- management
- plant autecology
- plant community ecology
- plant production
- 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 RecordProductivity and mortality of grass plants following drought may be controlled by interactions between defoliation and severity of the drought. Prudent grassland management might mitigate deleterious…Publication Date 2010
- fodder production
- rehabilitation
- tradeoff
- water stress
- drought
- grazing
- grasslands
- management
- plant production
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe reliability of a field test kit for the detection and the persistence of Synergistes jonesii bacteria in sheep was investigated in two trials for 12 months. The test kit consisted of a culture…Publication Date 2010
- DHP-degrading bacteria
- dihydroxypyridine
- mimosine
- diagnostic kits
- sheep
- drought
- forage quality
- disease
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Knersvlakte in the Succulent Karoo Biome (South Africa) is known for its high plant diversity and endemism. In the course of establishing a conservation area there, we assessed baseline data for…Publication Date 2010
- Aizoaceae
- biodiversity
- herbivory
- Namaqualand
- rangeland management
- Systematic conservation planning
- conservation
- management
- grazing
- sheep
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Grazing lawns are short grassland areas where intense grazing maintains grass in an early growth stage. These areas represent a source of high-quality forage for herbivores. However, as herbivores…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- grasslands
- management
- plant production
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- climatic variability
- continuous stocking
- grazing systems
- intensively managed grasslands
- large herbivores
- primary production
- rainfall
- white rhino
- South 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 RecordLand used for agricultural production can contribute significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; however, there is very little information on the role of management and land use change in…Publication Date 2010
- management
- climate change
- carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gases
- grasslands
- pasture management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoil restoration is a means of combating desertification in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. There, vast areas of the cropped soil degrade, particularly because of the loss of organic matter.…Publication Date 2010
- carbon sequestration
- grasslands
- pasture management
- soil organic carbon
- management
- restoration ecology
- soils
- degradation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands in South Africa have been extensively transformed and fragmented, but are poorly protected. Commercial afforestation poses a particular threat to grassland biodiversity because areas…Publication Date 2010
- Ecological network
- connectivity
- fragmentation
- agroforestry
- Grassland bird conservation
- grasslands
- conservation
- birds
- fire
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Burning is commonly used in savannas to stimulate grass regrowth for grazing ungulates. We recorded the relative use of burns occurring at different stages in the seasonal cycle, as well as…Publication Date 2010
- burned grassland
- faecal nitrogen
- faecal phosphorus
- fire management
- foraging behaviour
- Hippotragus niger
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- savanna
- forage quality
- diet selection
- grazing
- foraging ecology
- nutrition
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- land improvement
- grasslands
- costs
- Environmental impact assessment
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- wetlands
- controlled burning
- grasslands
- endangered species
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- remote sensing
- image analysis
- vegetation
- animals
- Behaviour
- Dry matter content
- Asia
- vegetation
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Mice
- endangered species
- animal welfare
- habitats
- grasslands
- biology
- ecology
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