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- Library Collection RecordFirst page of Land, Food, and Biodiversity Agriculture currently occupies over 40% of Earth's land area and consumes 70% of available freshwater. Production systems have increased food output in…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- animal production
- plant production
- Economic Aspects
- ecology
- conservation
- land use
- management
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful prairie restoration will depend in part on convincing private landowners with agricultural and recreational use goals to implement appropriate rangeland management practices, such as…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- adaptive ecosystem management
- biodiversity
- grazing management
- Juniperus virginiana
- landowner attitudes
- prairie restoration
- prescribed burning
- Library Collection RecordManagement of rangelands has largely operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inherent heterogeneity within managed ecosystems…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- biodiversity
- fire
- grazing
- landscape ecology
- patch dynamics
- wildlife
- Library Collection RecordAn assessment of nonequilibrium rangeland dynamics was conducted in the Aru basin, a semiarid site located in the very dry northwest part of the Chang Tang Nature Reserve, Tibet, China. A grazing…Publication Date 2010-07-01
- biodiversity
- grazing gradient
- rangeland assessment
- rangeland ecosystem management
- species diversity
- Library Collection RecordMonoculture and mixed pastures in Florida provide habitat for a variety of resident and migratory bird species. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of grazing on vegetation…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- abundance
- avian-habitat relationships
- biodiversity
- guild
- heterogeneity
- migratory birds
- vegetation structure
- Library Collection RecordThe project was initiated by Eastern Cape Parks (ECP) as a request for the construction of inventories of priority species and their population levels inside three nature reserves on the Eastern Cape…Publication Date 2010
- Plant diversity conservation
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Rare plants
- Population viability analysis
- biodiversity
- Plant conservation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Human-plant relationships
- socio-economic aspects
- conservation
- Nature reserves
- subsistence agriculture
- management
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Australian rangelands cover around 80% of the continent yet,from a biodiversity perspective, probably constitutes the most understudied part. To further the understanding of these ecosystems and…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- reference sites
- Library Collection RecordLiterature suggests that provision of artificial water through bores, dams and ground tanks has negative environmental effects through increased grazing pressure, prevention of native species…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- grazing pressure
- Water Point
- 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 RecordClimate change is possibly the most highly profiled scientific issue of our time. The projected changes in temperature and rainfall are substantial, as will be the associated impacts on biodiversity…Publication Date 2010
- climate change
- temperature
- rainfall
- biodiversity
- agriculture
- carbon dioxide
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPatch-mosaic burning (PMB) is commonly advocated to create a mosaic of fire regimes that is believed to be more beneficial for maintaining biodiversity than the relatively homogeneous environment…Publication Date 2010
- conservation areas
- fire ecology
- geographic information systems
- landscape ecology
- biodiversity
- management
- GIS
- Mkuzi Game Reserve
- 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 RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity hot spot
- climate change
- science planning
- biodiversity
- South Africa
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe Mediterranean climate regions of Western Australia and South Africa are recognized as global hot spots of diversity. Both are threatened by climate changes that are projected to have significant…Publication Date 2010
- approach
- biodiversity
- guideline
- monitoring
- climate change
- rainfall
- South Africa
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordIncreasing evidence shows that anthropogenic climate change is affecting biodiversity. Reducing or stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions may slow global warming, but past emissions will continue to…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity hotspot
- climate change risk assessment
- Mediterranean type ecosystem
- species distribution modelling
- modelling
- climate change
- biodiversity
- greenhouse gases
- conservation
- rainfall
- South Africa
- 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 RecordSpatial technologies present possibilities for producing frequently updated and accurate habitat maps, which are important in biodiversity conservation. Assemblages of vegetation are equivalent to…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity conservation
- habitat mapping
- remote sensing
- soil fertility
- conservation
- biodiversity
- mapping
- satellite imagery
- national parks
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAfrican savannas are primarily used as pastures and are subject to changes in climate and management strategies. For sustainable management of these landscapes ecological knowledge on seasonal and…Publication Date 2010
- beta diversity
- Distance decay
- Precipitation gradient
- species richness
- Systematic sampling
- Tree islands
- biodiversity
- savanna
- pasture management
- climate
- management
- sustainability
- rainfall
- monitoring
- conservation
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management…Publication Date 2010
- cover
- degradation
- Private land ownership
- seed mixtures
- standing crop
- Stock control
- rangelands
- rehabilitation
- animal impact
- communal farming
- biodiversity
- commercial agriculture
- plant production
- monitoring
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRelationships between species richness per plant life form and the soil properties: infiltrability, clay plus silt content, salinity, and pH were investigated at eighteen study sites located in…Publication Date 2010
- clay
- EC
- Infiltrability
- niche
- pH
- silt
- Soil Condition
- species richness
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study aimed to quantify and understand the impact of severe land degradation on plant diversity in part of the Succulent Karoo. Although total number of species declined with heavy grazing,…Publication Date 2010
- disturbance
- Extirpation
- grazing
- local extinction
- Nurse plants
- soil crusts
- degradation
- biodiversity
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- landscape ecology
- Succulent karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTheoretical models predict that the relative importance of facilitation and competition may vary inversely across gradients of abiotic stress. However, these predictions have not been thoroughly…Publication Date 2010
- abiotic stress
- competition
- facilitation
- Herbaceous Species
- Tree
- plant autecology
- biodiversity
- savanna
- rainfall
- modelling
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordDifferent approaches for the assessment of biodiversity by means of remote sensing were developed over the last decades. A new approach, based on the spectral variation hypothesis, proposes that the…Publication Date 2010
- savanna
- Spectral variation hypothesis
- Shannon index
- species richness
- scale
- hyperspectral
- biodiversity
- remote sensing
- landscape ecology
- Namibia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordOf the 70 cases of classical biological control for the protection of nature found in our review, there were fewer projects against insect targets (21) than against invasive plants (49), in part,…Publication Date 2010
- invasive species
- Ecosystem function
- insect pests
- invasive plants
- ecological restoration
- biological control
- natural ecosystems
- Alien invasive species
- insects
- biodiversity
- ecosystem services
- conservation
- 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 RecordSavannas are the most extensive biome in the tropics. These extremely dynamic coupled socio-ecological ecosystems are shaped by a long history of interaction with humans, fire, climate and wildlife,…Publication Date 2010
- savanna
- biodiversity
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- socio-economic aspects
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Animal ecology
- grasslands
- Limestone
- soil seed banks
- Biota
- site factors
- resource conservation
- agroecosystems
- agricultural resources
- biodiversity
- seeds
- seed dispersal
- germination
- herbaceous plants
- plant communities
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Nature conservation
- biodiversity
- alpine grasslands
- endangered species
- population dynamics
- Library Collection RecordGrazing with livestock is a common feature of nature and rangeland management. Although both aim at different, seemingly opposing goals, i.e. maintenance of biodiversity values versus maximization of…Publication Date 2010
- grazing capacity
- model
- Nature conservation management
- forage
- livestock
- forage quality
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- animal production
- grazing
- grasslands
- soils
- erosion
- animal nutrition
- Forage Quantity
- modelling
- Library Collection Record1. There is growing concern that the current loss of biodiversity may negatively affect ecosystem functioning and stability. Although it has been shown that species loss may reduce biomass production…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- drought
- ecosystem functioning
- insurance hypothesis
- resilience
- stability
- plant production
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grassland management
- Mongolia
- ecology
- sustainability
- grazing
- biodiversity
- dominant species
- Asia
- Mongolia
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- rural areas
- biodiversity
- Natural pastures
- mowing
- management
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity - sophisticated field of research, Bieri, A..- Ettenhausen (Switzerland): Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Reckenholz-Taenikon ART, Ettenhausen (Switzerland), Nov 2010.- 978-3-905733-18-1.-…Publication Date 2010
- Farms
- Organic agriculture
- Fruit trees
- pastures
- flowers
- wild plants
- Hedges
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordBiodiversity - sophisticated field of research, Bieri, A..- Ettenhausen (Switzerland): Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Reckenholz-Taenikon ART, Ettenhausen (Switzerland), Nov 2010.- 978-3-905733-18-1.-…Publication Date 2010
- grasslands
- meadows
- flowers
- mixed pastures
- nutrition
- fertilizer application
- biodiversity
- seeds
- Mixed cropping
- nutrition
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- grazing lands
- Alps
- alpine vegetation
- sheep
- grazing
- botanical composition
- biodiversity
- analysis
- Library Collection Record, .- La Habana: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias AgrÃcolas, 2010. Congreso CientÃfico del INCA, XVII, San José de las Lajas, 22-26 nov. 2010.- 978-959-7023-48-7Publication Date 2010
- pastures
- legumes
- biodiversity
- seasons
- Library Collection Record1. Chronosequences and associated space-for-time substitutions are an important and often necessary tool for studying temporal dynamics of plant communities and soil development across multiple time-…Publication Date 2010
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- soils
- biodiversity
- species richness
- chronosequences
- disturbance
- plant communities
- retrogression
- soil biological communities
- Soil Development
- succession
- temporal change
- Library Collection RecordKnowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable management. This axiom raises two important questions: (1) what knowledge is the most important to develop and (2…Publication Date 2010
- Planned burn
- prescribed fire
- wildfire
- Policy Implications
- Management actions
- fire ecology
- management
- biodiversity
- 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 Record1. Plant diversity has profound effects on primary production. Plant diversity has been shown to correlate with increased primary production in nutrient-limited grassland ecosystems. This…Publication Date 2010
- ecosystem ecology
- grassland
- biodiversity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem functioning
- niche differentiation
- Nutrient depletion
- root ecology
- root interactions
- species interactions
- soil nutrients
- soil organic matter
- plant production
- Library Collection RecordPlant facilitation (positive plant-plant interactions) strongly influences biodiversity, structure, and dynamics in plant communities, and the topic has received considerable attention among…Publication Date 2010
- Arid and semi-arid rangelands
- Habitat modification
- Resource balance hypothesis
- wind erosion
- rainfall
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- erosion
- vegetation dynamics
- biodiversity
- grazing
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordLand use and land transformation are major threats to biodiversity. Only a small percentage of land and thus biodiversity is protected within reserves. The majority of biodiversity lies in the hands…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Agrobiodiversity
- Agricultural ecology
- veld
- landscape assessment
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- grassland
- savanna
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- grazing
- fire ecology
- soil erosion
- commercial agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the impact of shrub encroachment within cool-season floodplain meadows in a portion of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve in southwestern Alberta, where nearly half of open…Publication Date 2009-01-01
- Betula glandulosa
- biodiversity
- bunchgrasses
- fire suppression
- forage production
- shrub cover
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- landscape
- grasslands
- natural resources
- biodiversity
- arable land
- evaluation
- public opinion
- surveys
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordIn situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) belong to the promising practices to support sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa facing climate change impacts. However, appropriate indicators for their…Publication Date 2009
- Ecosystem service
- climate change
- biodiversity
- soil and water conservation
- Downstream effects
- ecohydrology
- Soil Condition
- rainfall
- conservation
- sustainability
- soil nutrients
- species richness
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHerbicides have been applied extensively on rangelands to reduce forbs that were considered undesirable, which has been assumed to lead to an increase in grass production and ultimately to an…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity
- conservation
- average daily gain
- Cattle Performance
- Great Plains
- competition
- invasive species
- mixed prairie
- plant species composition
- vegetation dynamics
- weed control
- Weeds
- herbicides
- grasslands
- plant production
- animal production
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordInternationally there is an increasing focus on involving local communities in natural resource management and monitoring. Monitoring methods which are professionally driven appear to be inadequate…Publication Date 2009
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- natural resources
- management
- Community development
- citizen participation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- social aspects
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- natural resources
- monitoring
- communal farming
- conservation
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordFencing for conservation is an acknowledgement that we are failing to successfully coexist with and, ultimately, conserve biodiversity. Fences arose during the Neolithic revolution to demarcate…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity conservation
- fences
- Human-wildlife conflict
- invasive species
- Introduced predators
- Bushmeat hunting
- Poaching
- Threatening processes
- Tragedy of the Commons
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- grasslands
- afforestation
- highlands
- mowing
- grazing
- mulching
- costs
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- rangelands
- herbivores
- landscape
- biodiversity
- grazing management