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- Library Collection RecordOver the past 100 years, reactive methods have been developed to manage rangelands by adjusting herd /flock numbers and property size, and using better husbandry practices. However, reactive…Publication Date 1992
- grazing management
- adaptation
- climate change
- Australia
- grazing management adaptation
- seasonal forcasting
- Library Collection RecordRecent emphasis in the community and the press has been on human- induced long term climate change. Much effort has therefore been expended in determining existing evidence of climate change. However…Publication Date 1992
- climate change
- Australia
- climate variability
- range condition
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mining
- water
- climate change
- landscape
- vegetation
- exploration
- changes
- Kalgoorlie
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordSummer rainfall is the dominant influence on pasture composition in Astrebla grasslands, although grazing can modify this rainfall influence. Predictions for climate change for northern Australia…Publication Date 2006
- climate change
- species
- composition
- grasses
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe team at the National Center of Atmospheric Research explain how global temperature regimes will shift with climate change and the significance of such changes.Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordBob Henson from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research helps us understand 20th century temperature changes and what this can tell us about the future. (Source: University Corporation…Publication Date 2010
- Climatic change
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordBob Henson from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research helps us understand 20th century temperature changes and what this can tell us about the future. (Source: University Corporation…Publication Date 2010
- Climatic change
- climate change
- temperature
- Library Collection RecordClimate Central research scientist, Dr. Heidi Cullen, and Governor Brian Schweitzer, discuss the changing climate in Montana and its impact on trout fishing and energy consumption, and explore…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- temperature
- Montana
- climate observations
- United States
- Library Collection Record"What We Know for Sure" gives a brief overview of David Keeling's ground-breaking climate research on Maui and the significance of his findings.Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- climate data
- carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gases
- David Keeling
- Hawaii
- Library Collection RecordOur planet is warming and some types of weather have become more extreme. Does a changing climate affect the frequency or intensity of droughts? It's all explained here in this edition of…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- drought
- temperature
- Precipitation regime
- Library Collection RecordThe analysis of La Nina in Arizona.
- climate change
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor of the University of Queensland Gaton and Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group discuss the ongoing encroachment of woody species in Australia's grasslands. Largely, this is because…Publication Date 2012
- woodlands
- grasslands
- climate change
- Australia
- Queensland
- woodland encroachment
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Since the l880's a series of changes has taken place in the hydrologlc regimes of the streams of the desert region of Arizona and Sonora; the vegetation of the area has undergone…Publication Date 1963
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- Environmental Changes
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Rangelands encompass 30–40% of Earth's land surface and support 1 to 2 billion people. Their predominant use is extensive livestock production by pastoralists and ranchers. But…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- Globalization
- land use
- livestock production
- stewardship
- Library Collection RecordThe Sonorensis is a magazine published by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Over the years it's articles have focused on a variety of topics central to the conservation of the flora and fauna of…Publication Date 2014
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- climate change
- conservation
- cultural traditions
- edible plants
- Jaguar
- Sea of Cortez
- tradional foods
- United States
- Library Collection RecordDescriptions of the Historical Range of Variation or Variability (HRV) characterize the change over time and space in the condition of the Southwest’s major vegetation types and the ecological…Publication Date 2007
- Arizona
- climate change
- environmental modeling
- land use change
- Semi-Desert Grassland
- United States
- Vegetation Change
- Library Collection RecordThis book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water…Publication Date 2014
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- Composting
- conservation
- no-tillage
- soil carbon
- United States
- water scarcity
- Watershed Restoration
- Library Collection RecordWe compiled long-term records on canopy cover from permanent vegetation plots across the western United States to examine how the cover of common grasses and sagebrush changes in response to yearly…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- plants
- sagebrush
- Library Collection RecordThe primary goal of this project was to assess the effect of climate change on carbon cycling in mature sagebrush ecosystems. We used initial soil characteristics and carbon values for three location…Publication Date 2014
- Carbon cycle
- sagebrush
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordAbstract This paper explores the impact of future climate scenarios on pasture and livestock production at five locations in western NSW. Outputs of climate and pasture models, simulating future…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- Australia
- modelling
- Pasture Production
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands Cluster Project has been working to facilitate the inclusion of climate change science in natural resource management planning across some of the driest and hottest country on earth…Publication Date 2015
- climate change
- research
- adaptation
- Australia
- collaboration
- knowledge broker
- NRM planning
- Library Collection RecordBeef producers in northern Australia are struggling to cope with climate extremes and have experienced poor and declining profitability over the last decade. Producers on their own have difficulty…Publication Date 2015
- Australia
- benchmarking
- business analysis
- climate change
- profitability
- Library Collection RecordSub-daily rainfall intensity has a significant impact on runoff and erosion rates in northern Australian rangelands. It is therefore important to accurately represent sub-daily rainfall intensity…Publication Date 2010
- runoff
- climate change
- rainfall intensity
- Library Collection RecordGraziers in the Western Catchment of New South Wales (NSW)experience a climate that varies both seasonally and across the region withseveral implications forhow land, water, pasture and animal…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- graziers
- Western Catchment in NSW
- Library Collection RecordWe report on a collaborative project about climate change and adaptation. The project’s overall goal was to find good ways to build desert Aboriginal people’s understanding of climate change and…Publication Date 2015
- Aboriginal ranger
- Australia
- climate change
- climate science
- erosion control
- indigenous people
- Library Collection RecordWith climate change firmly on the global agenda, carbon trading is emerging as a growth industry. In Australia the rangelands has been identified as one of the country’s largest carbon sinks.…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- carrying capacity
- Carbon Sink
- Cheela Plain
- Library Collection RecordManaging the rangeland ecosystems services (ES) for all Australians is becoming increasingly important as some regions experience a decline in primary productivity, aging rural communities and…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- Stony Plains Bioregion
- Library Collection RecordRegional variation in species-habitat relationships, where species have natural geographic ranges extending over multiple biogeographic regions, has seldom been studied (Whittingham et al. 2005) and…Publication Date 2008
- Biogeographic regions
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordClimate change has been identified as a major issue for Australia’s rangelands. The Garnaut Interim Climate Change Review highlighted the risk that Australia, with an ‘already hot, dry and…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- animal nutrition
- pasture growth
- Library Collection RecordThe study was conducted in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa during the period 2005 to 2009 to investigate factors that affected the decision of small-scale farmers who kept cattle and sheep…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- small-scale cattle and sheep farming
- Binary logistic model
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- management
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordEnvironmental Law provides a comprehensive and succinct examination of the entire environmental law landscape in South Africa. The second edition includes a new chapter on climate change, and also…Publication Date 2011
- legislation
- climate change
- Environmental impact assessment
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Late Pleistocene vertebrate record of Africa contributes to our understanding of human evolution and the development of modern biotic environments. This article explores this record, paying…Publication Date 2007
- Africa
- Ancient DNA
- Body size changes
- Bovids
- carnivores
- climate change
- Equids
- Extinctions
- Fossils
- Late Pleistocene
- Madagascar
- mammals
- Mid-Pleistocene
- Modern human origins
- Paleontology
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis chapter describes relationships between environmental stress and the reaction of plants thereupon. Plants might react to environmental stress on various levels: on the biochemical, cellular, or…Publication Date 2003
- Autecology
- biodiversity
- character state
- climate change
- ecotoxicology
- effects
- Ellenberg
- flora
- heavy metal
- IEPS
- insecticide
- PAF
- palynology
- photosynthesis
- Synecology
- vascular plants
- vegetation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis chapter discusses the magnitude and dynamics of the soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil inorganic carbon (SIC) pools. The chapter also describes the impact of different land uses and management…Publication Date 2001
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- climate change
- soils
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe tropics cover 8.2 billion hectares or approximately 40% of the world's land area. These regions are characterized by a large portion of the world's rapidly increasing population, high…Publication Date 2002
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dynamics
- carbon sequestration
- Carbon Sink
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- soils
- socio-economic aspects
- land use
- agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract available.Publication Date 2001
- climate change
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring
- soils
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record
88 Savanna
Savannas are characterized by the coexistence of trees and grasses and occur largely in the seasonal tropics between the equatorial rainforests and mid-latitude desert ecosystems. This article…Publication Date 2008- climate change
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- fire
- grazing
- herbivory
- phenology
- Seasonal tropics
- soils
- Tree and grass competition
- savanna
- ecology
- animal impact
- grasslands
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordChanging climate adds a very significant dimension to the complex problem of ensuring that agriculture worldwide can feed the burgeoning human population. Ensuring food security must reduce…Publication Date 2009
- climate change
- plant production
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordConservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology…Publication Date 2010
- conservation
- climate change
- socio-economic aspects
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- fire ecology
- invasive species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA thorough understanding of the behavior of fire in grasslands is critical to the minimization of the impact of fires on agricultural and pastoral land as well as the successful management of the…Publication Date 2010
- fire
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- climate change
- fire ecology
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe pollen record of the late Pleistocene in Africa is poorly resolved due to the paucity of sites combined with the fragmented nature of most sequences. A vegetation history of the continent can,…Publication Date 2007
- palynology
- Vegetation history
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Biomes
- Tropical rain forest
- savannas
- Arid and semiarid biomes
- Afromontane region
- Mediterranean climate regions
- climate change
- Refugium hypothesis
- palaeoecology
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoenvironmental data
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary The West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB) is one of seven partnerships established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate carbon dioxide capture, transport…Publication Date 2005
- carbon dioxide
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- Carbon Sink
- monitoring
- land use
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1Grasses using the C4 photosynthetic pathway dominate today's savanna ecosystems and account for ~20% of terrestrial carbon fixation. However, this dominant status was reached only…Publication Date 2008
- atmospheric CO2
- C4 plants
- climate change
- fire
- grasslands
- grazing
- Poaceae
- rainfall
- savanna
- seasonality
- carbon dioxide
- palaeoclimate
- palaeobotany
- 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 RecordIt has been well established that drought frequently emerges in several tropical regions following the onset of El Niño. An important characteristic of such droughts is their spatial extent, which…Publication Date 2006
- drought
- climate change
- El Nino
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper documents a continuous ~ 44,000-yr pollen record derived from the Mfabeni Peatland on the Maputaland Coastal Plain. A detailed fossil pollen analysis indicates the existence of extensive…Publication Date 2008
- climate change
- Forest history
- Maputaland
- Africa
- pollen
- human impacts
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 2007
- carbon dioxide
- savanna
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLong environmental proxy records are very scarce in semi-dry continental areas and often those available present conflicting interpretations. However, more in-depth investigation of apparent…Publication Date 2008
- pollen
- Lake sediments
- Stable isotope
- Speleothem
- climate change
- palaeobotany
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reports new multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental data on the late Glacial-Holocene transition (c. 14.8-9.3 ka) in equatorial East Africa, in the form of microfossil assemblages (chironomids,…Publication Date 2007
- climate change
- Crater lake
- Chironomids
- Diatoms
- East Africa
- Empakaai
- Multi-proxy reconstruction
- Ostracods
- palaeobotany
- Africa