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- 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 RecordPublication Date 1989
- ecosystems
- silviculture
- forest management
- arid zones
- semiarid zones
- Scrub
- species
- methods
- South Africa
- California
- vegetation
- Scrub
- vegetation
- California
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 1989
- methods
- silviculture
- South Africa
- ecosystems
- vegetation
- Scrub
- forest management
- Chile
- forests
- species
- California
- arid zones
- semiarid zones
- Library Collection RecordIn recent years the GSSA has made major efforts to become more professional in its approach to managing and growing the Society. In the modern world, the Society is competing for members’ time and…
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 1986
- wildlife
- Production Potential
- cattle
- animal production
- southern Africa
- semiarid zones
- rangelands
- land use
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1991-10-01
- range management
- conferences
- game animals
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-10-01
- Eragrostis curvula
- Panicum coloratum
- botanists
- plant collections
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- South Africa
- Oklahoma
- Mexico
- Arizona
- history
- Texas
- range management
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-10-01
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- prescribed burning
- range management
- grasslands
- fires
- liming
- mowing
- nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers
- field experimentation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2005-10-01
- shrubs
- dieback
- brush control
- integrated weed management
- soil microorganisms
- grassland soils
- rangeland soils
- soil-plant interactions
- soil pH
- cattle
- grazing management
- stocking rate
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1987-08-01
- southern Africa
- Savory Grazing Method
- SGM
- pastures
- grassland improvement
- rain
- selective grazing
- stocking rate
- controlled grazing
- rotational grazing
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1988-04-01
- rangelands
- range management
- semiarid zones
- Arizona
- geographical distribution
- introduced species
- climatic factors
- South Africa
- Eragrostis lehmanniana
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1991
- range management
- conferences
- technology transfer
- South Africa
- game animals
- Library Collection RecordNon-selective grazing (NSG) is a relatively novel way of farming livestock in the Nama Karoo of South Africa. Our key question was how heavy grazing under this high-intensity, low-frequency grazing…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- soil microorganisms
- cell respiration
- infiltration (hydrology)
- aggregate stability
- mixed grazing
- soil organic matter
- South Africa
- stocking rate
- grazing intensity
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- range management
- grazing systems
- hoof action
- infiltration
- intensive herbivory
- microbial respiration
- semiarid
- Library Collection RecordA comparative study was made of 3 techniques applied to the study of herbivore diet selection, namely direct observation, faecal analysis and the recently developed remote control oesophageal fistula…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- feces collection
- diet study techniques
- cud
- direct observation
- shrublands
- errors
- sampling
- herbivores
- goats
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- microhistological analysis
- goats
- South Africa
- Oesophageal fistula
- Library Collection RecordInformed management of large herbivores depends largely on how well habitat availability and suitability are understood. The aims of the study were to quantify and map the distribution of sour and…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- game reserves
- sourveld
- mixed veld
- game animals
- mapping
- habitat selection
- habitats
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- South Africa
- veld
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- biomass
- botanical composition
- wildlife
- GIS
- remote sensing
- Landsat
- ground-truthing
- Library Collection RecordBoth large ungulates and wildlife tourists tend to concentrate along the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, Botswana, during the dry season causing concern for wildlife habitat and the recreational…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Aepyceros melampus
- Giraffa camelopardalis
- Loxodonta africana
- rivers
- ecotourism
- tour operators
- tourism impact
- synceros caffer
- game reserves
- wild animals
- national parks
- riparian grasslands
- shrublands
- Botswana
- habitat selection
- habitats
- savannas
- dry seasons
- woodlands
- southern Africa
- recreationists
- buffalo
- elephant
- giraffe
- impala
- kudu
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordThe diversity of the herbaceous layer in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Mixed Bushveld) was investigated to enhance the understanding of savanna ecosystems and to serve as a baseline for future…Publication Date 1999-09-01
- South Africa
- savannas
- species diversity
- range condition
- veld
- stocking rate
- plant communities
- overgrazing
- plant density
- botanical composition
- grasses
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordThe relation was studied between the applied stocking rates and the degree to which sheep grazed stems of various karoobush species. A rule of thumb exists amongst farmers and research workers in the…Publication Date 1996-03-01
- Asteraceae
- Eriocephalus
- pentzia spinescens
- rosenia humilis
- eriocephalus ericoides
- stems
- prediction
- South Africa
- palatability
- stocking rate
- diameter
- selective grazing
- semiarid zones
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordThe sequence of species selection over the grazing period directly determines the effectiveness of different grazing systems. Knowledge of this sequence is also important in understanding the plant-…Publication Date 1995-07-01
- Tristachya
- tirstachya leucothrix
- Themeda triandra
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- South Africa
- veld
- tillers
- sheep
- cattle
- range management
- botanical composition
- defoliation
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordPlant structure should be an important determinant of species acceptability to grazing ungulates functioning under various time-energy constraints. The acceptability of 9 grasses to sheep grazing a…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- Cynodon dactylon
- agronomic traits
- tensile strength
- Eragrostis plana
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Sporobolus indicus var. capensis
- eragrostis capensis
- eragrostis gummiflua
- michrocloa caffra
- leaves
- Eragrostis
- Eragrostis curvula
- stems
- Paspalum notatum
- plant morphology
- South Africa
- Poaceae
- sheep
- grazing behavior
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to investigate modifying microclimatic effects of spring burning in tall grassland, long-term burning trials at Ukulinga, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Soil…Publication Date 1983-03-01
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordHistorical changes in stocking rates of domestic livestock on fenced ranches was used to determine if rangeland degradation has taken place in semi-arid and arid rangelands of Cape Province, South…Publication Date 1969
- degradation
- grazing
- livestock
- primary productivity
- South Africa
- Arid rangelands
- biome
- semi-arid rangelands
- stocking rates
- Library Collection RecordThe evolution of multi-camp schemes from nonselective grazing to short duration grazing management on Hillside Ranch in the False Karoo in the Southern Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa, is…Publication Date 1978-11-01
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted as part of a broad ecosystem project to identify and quantify some of the significant relationships between cattle and their environment. Over a period of 1 year, monthly…Publication Date 1980-03-01
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEighteen communally grazed grasslands and adjacent ungrazed areas with different periods grazing and exclusion were examined in South Africa, nine sites within eutrophic soil near Mpumalanga (25Ëš…Publication Date 1969
- Communal lands
- grazing
- South Africa
- degraded
- protected lands
- rapid change
- resilience
- state-and-transition models
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa lovegrass yields liveweight cattle gains around 375 lb./acre, and it is easily managed by very heavy and continuous grazing during the growing period. Fertilizer boosts production,…Publication Date 1965-07-01
- Bermuda grass
- Natural
- Chloromelas
- Sown
- Lovegrass
- Curvula
- Robusta
- Stoebe vulgaris
- gummiflua
- sporobolus pyramidalis
- Johannesburg
- Winter Feeding Trials
- Continuous
- Heavy
- Cynodon dactylon
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Eragrostis
- Eragrostis curvula
- fertilizer
- reclamation
- palatability
- South Africa
- grazing
- management
- stocking rate
- Library Collection RecordGlobal change is the sum of human-induced changes to our planet. It includes changes in atmospheric composition, changes in climate and changes in land use cause by social, political, economic,…
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobal change is the sum of human-induced changes to our planet. It includes changes in atmospheric composition, changes in climate and changes in land use cause by social, political, economic,…
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis was the 7 th International Rangelands Congress, and the third which I have attended, the others being, Delhi in 1989 and Montpellier in 1994. There were over 500 delegates from 27 countries…Publication Date 2003
- global
- international
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe address a number of management principles pertaining to temporal and spatial changes in rangeland systems. Both plant community composition, and availability and quality of forage, are temporally…Publication Date 1992
- management
- humid zones
- arid zones
- Australia
- South Africa
- undefined
- Library Collection RecordThe first Congress was held in 1966 at the then University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. The Society will be returning to its roots in 2015, with the 50th Annual Congress hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal…
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWhat is new to our management is active landscape restoration, which we have commenced by participating in the Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) ProjectTM through the Neales River Catchment…Publication Date 2010
- Feral animals
- grazing management
- feral herds
- landscape care
- Australia
- Pastoralists
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordDegradation of rangeland and soil as consequences of land use poses threat to sustainable agriculture. Degradation could be as a result of overgrazing and climate change. This could result in…Publication Date 2015
- invasive species
- grassland
- Opuntia humifusa
- rangeland degradation
- SNAP model
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 1970
- pasture management
- agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoils of South Africa is the first book in seventy years that provides a comprehensive account of South African soils. The book arranges more than seventy soil forms into fourteen groups and then…Publication Date 2012
- soil
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article. N. Jürgens, D. H. Haarmeyer, J. Luther-Mosebach, J. Dengler, M. Finckh & U. Schmiedel ( eds ). Klaus Hess Publishers , Göttingen and Windhoek , 2010…Publication Date 2012
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAs a textbook, the volume is well organised, with introductory chapters on the scope and key concepts of restoration ecology, followed by chapters on its ecological foundations – landscape,…Publication Date 2014
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- USA
- Australia
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article. By Ross. A. Bradstock, A. Malcolm Gill and Richard J. Williams, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 2012. xi?+?333 pp. Price A$79.95 (paperback; also available…Publication Date 2012
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1968
- ecology
- fire
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1969
- nutrition
- forage quality
- southern Africa
- 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 RecordThis handbook, updated edition of the 2002 edition, seeks to address planning, monitoring, and evaluation in the context of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its evaluation policy.…Publication Date 2009
- planning
- monitoring
- decision-making
- management
- sustanable development
- southern Africa
- 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 RecordThis article is a world-wide overview of plant domestication and the origins of agriculture. It focuses on the archaeological record: the what, where, and when of these processes, with a brief…Publication Date 2008
- agriculture
- China
- crops
- domestication
- eastern North America
- Formative
- Maize (corn)
- Mesoamerica
- Near East
- Neolithic
- New Guinea
- Rice
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- wheat
- palaeobotany
- 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 RecordCurrent knowledge of the vegetation response to climate changes in tropical Africa and particularly the reconstitution of stand dynamics is severely limited by the scarcity of long and complete, well…Publication Date 2007
- African Humid Period
- freshwater algae
- paleobiodiversity
- plant Migration
- palynology
- pollen
- tropical Africa
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa