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- Library Collection RecordThe impact of deferred grazing (no defoliation of pastures for a period generally from spring to autumn) and fertilizer application on plant population density, ground cover and soil moisture in a…Publication Date 2012
- grazing management
- sustainability
- tiller density
- perennial grasses
- phosphorus
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThere is a growing interest in the use of deficit irrigation and perennial pasture species other than perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in temperate agriculture, in response to the decreasing…Publication Date 2012
- water stress
- cocksfoot
- perennial ryegrass
- tall fescue
- regrowth
- water-soluble carbohydrate
- leaf water potential
- leaf extension
- Burnie
- Australia
- Library Collection Record1.?Although a major part of plant biomass is underground, we know little about the contribution of different species to root biomass in multispecies communities. We summarize studies on root…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- ecosystem functioning
- intransitive competition
- niche differentiation
- plant–soil (below-ground) interactions
- root distributions
- root ecology
- soil nutrient availability
- transgressive overyielding
- Library Collection Record1. Despite recent interest in linkages between above- and below-ground communities and their consequences for ecosystem processes, much remains unknown about their responses to long-term ecosystem…Publication Date 2012
- above-ground
- below-ground
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- Chronosequence
- island ecology
- natural experiment
- plant–soil (below-ground) interactions
- retrogression
- succession
- Sweden
- Library Collection Record1.?Recent studies have suggested that the simultaneous maintenance of multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality) is positively supported by species richness. However, little is known regarding…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- biological soil crusts
- community attributes
- ecosystem functioning
- lichens
- nutrient cycling
- plant–soil (below-ground) interactions
- spatial pattern
- species evenness
- Spain
- Library Collection Record1.?Calcareous grasslands are communities of high conservation value, often characterized by high plant species richness. These grasslands have experienced a major decline in area throughout Europe,…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- conservation
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- Environmental change
- extinction
- floristic tracking
- taxonomic homogenization
- Europe
- Library Collection Record1. Callitris intratropica is a long-lived, obligate-seeding, fire-sensitive overstorey conifer that typically occurs in small groves (0.1ha) of much higher tree densities than the surrounding,…Publication Date 2012
- Aboriginal landscape burning
- alternative stable states
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- fire ecology
- fire-sensitive species
- habitat complexity
- patch dynamics
- pyrodiversity
- tropical savanna
- vegetation boundaries
- Arnhem Plateau
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordRecent declines in biodiversity have given new urgency to questions about the relationship between land-use change, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Despite the existence of a large body of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem functioning
- functional plant group
- land use
- productivity
- species richness
- structural equation modelling
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordMallee-heath and mallee communities occur in a mosaic across large areas of south-western Australia, in topographically subdued and fire-prone landscapes. Consequently, it could be expected that…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- carbon sequestration
- fire interval
- initial floristic composition
- mallee
- senescence
- succession
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordEffective biodiversity monitoring is critical to evaluate, learn from, and ultimately improve conservation practice. Well conceived, designed and implemented monitoring of biodiversity should: (i)…Publication Date 2012
- Conservation effectiveness
- management intervention
- monitoring
- biodiversity
- National Biodiversity Strategy
- management
- conservation
- policies
- Library Collection RecordThe relative effects of tree clearing, increased livestock densities and nutrient enrichment have rarely been compared across markedly different organism types, but negative effects are generally…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- livestock
- Native Pasture
- nutrient enrichment
- rotational grazing
- woodland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordTropical savannas are the world's most fire-prone biome, and savanna biotas are generally well adapted to frequent fire. However, in northern Australia there are concerns that recent increases…Publication Date 2012
- ant
- fire regime
- fire resilience
- frequent fire
- small mammal
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordFire is an important driver of nutrient cycling in savannas. Here, we determined the impact of fire frequency on total and soluble soil nitrogen (N) pools in tropical savanna. The study sites…Publication Date 2012
- amino acid
- ammonium
- fire frequency
- Nitrate
- organic N
- soluble soil N
- time since fire
- Darwin
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn humid savannas, the transition from juvenile to mature tree sizes is thought to be a major demographic bottleneck because smaller plants are topkilled by frequent fires. Species with the highest…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- community ecology
- plant population
- surface fire regime
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding mechanisms underlying fire regime effects on savanna fauna is difficult because of a wide range of possible trophic interactions and feedbacks. Yet, understanding mechanisms underlying…Publication Date 2012
- burning mosaic
- critical weight range
- fire impact
- post-fire succession
- small mammal
- vegetation structure
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe interactions between vegetation dynamics, fuel dynamics and fire hazard in rehabilitation after bauxite mining at Gove, Northern Territory, Australia were investigated. It was found that a policy…Publication Date 2012
- fire
- fuel
- minesite
- rehabilitation
- savanna
- fire ecology
- management
- restoration ecology
- mine rehabilitation
- Nhulunbuy
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe structure of tropical savanna ecosystems is influenced by fire frequency and intensity. There is particular interest in the extent to which long-term fire exclusion can result in a shift from…Publication Date 2012
- Biome shift
- fire
- fire behaviour
- resprout
- savanna
- tropical woodland
- woody thickening
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordSavanna burning for greenhouse gas abatement presents an opportunity for remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia to engage with the mainstream economy while fulfilling cultural…Publication Date 2012
- carbon sequestration
- fire
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- Northern Australia
- Tiwi Islands
- savanna
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- management
- carbon dioxide
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper examines the economic potential for fire management to provide offsets to carbon markets in the savannas of northern Australia. Long-term field trials in Australia’s savannas have…Publication Date 2012
- carbon market
- climate change mitigation
- fire management
- greenhouse gas offset
- indigenous fire management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract is available for this article.Publication Date 2012
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis paper documents the effects of fire on grass-layer invertebrates in tropical savannas of the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, in the context of resource availability for consumers.…Publication Date 2012
- fire ecology
- invertebrates
- Kimberley
- savanna
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordMany studies in recent years have investigated the effects of climate change on the future of biodiversity. In this review, we first examine the different possible effects of climate change that can…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- climate change
- species extinctions
- Library Collection RecordI pose eight questions central to understanding how biological invasions affect ecosystems, assess progress towards answering those questions and suggest ways in which progress might be made. The…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- biodiversity
- ecological engineering
- Ecosystem function
- ecosystem management
- exotic species
- invasive species
- long-term studies
- non-native species
- Traits
- 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 RecordQuestions: Do soil seed banks of semi-arid grasslands reassemble after abandonment from cultivation? Do seeds of native and exotic species persist in the soil? Does time since abandonment affect…Publication Date 2012
- Annual Forb
- Chronosequence
- dispersal
- grassland
- restoration
- secondary succession
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the differences in speed and pathway of vegetation development on nutrient-poor, unvegetated slopes sown with low-diversity seed mixtures of cultivars and high-diversity seed…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- ecosystem services
- Grass cultivars
- Local provenance
- marginal land
- mining
- mulching
- productivity
- Species introduction
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordQuestion In many industrialized countries biodiversity is declining. Although changes in species composition and species richness have been documented for many individual systems, little long-term…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural intensification
- Agri-environment schemes (AES)
- Floristic value
- Nature reserves
- Nutrient richness
- species richness
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- agriculture
- conservation
- management
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordQuestions The co-existence of high numbers of species has always fascinated ecologists, but what and where are the communities with the world records for plant species richness? The species–area…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- Canonical hypothesis
- macroecology
- Oligo- to mesotrophic grassland
- Paradox of the Plankton
- Power function
- Rooted presence
- Scale dependence
- Shoot presence
- Spatial grain
- Spatial scale
- Species-area relation
- Tropical rain forest
- World flora
- Library Collection RecordThere is much concern that the functioning of ecosystems will be affected by human-induced changes in biodiversity, of which land-use change is the most important driver. However, changes in…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- ecosystem services
- functional diversity
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- litter decomposition
- long-term experiment
- primary production
- resource availability
- structural equation modeling
- Mackenzie Basin
- South Island
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of exotic species invasions on biodiversity vary with spatial scale, and documentation of local-scale changes in biodiversity following invasion is generally lacking. Coupling long-term…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- community assembly
- competition
- exotic species
- invasion
- livestock grazing
- propagule limitation
- recruitment limitation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- community ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordWoody encroachment is a widespread and acute phenomenon affecting grasslands and savannas worldwide. We performed a meta-analysis of 29 studies from 13 different grassland/savanna communities in…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- Bush encroachment
- ecosystem structure
- global change
- primary productivity
- productivity–richness relationship
- shrub encroachment
- species richness
- tree encroachment
- tree–grass coexistence
- woody release
- North America
- Library Collection RecordBioclimatic envelope models use associations between aspects of climate and species' occurrences to estimate the conditions that are suitable to maintain viable populations. Once bioclimatic…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- biogeography
- climate change
- climate envelopes
- conservation planning
- ecological niches
- Invasions
- niche conservation
- restoration ecology
- species distributions
- translocation experiments
- uncertainty in prediction
- modelling
- decision support systems
- Library Collection RecordHealthy ecosystems include many species (high richness) with similar abundances (high evenness). Thus, both aspects of biodiversity are worthy of conservation. Simultaneously conserving richness and…Publication Date 2012
- abundance
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- conservation
- ecosystem management
- evenness
- fire
- metadata
- organic farming
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordHuman-induced increases in nitrogen (N) deposition are common across many terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Greater N availability not only reduces biological diversity, but also affects the…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- C3 grasses
- C4 grasses
- ecosystem functioning
- ecosystem services
- fire
- nitrogen deposition
- root mass
- soil carbon sequestration
- Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
- Minnesota
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPayments for environmental services (PES) are increasingly promoted as an economic mechanism that could potentially address socio-economic and environmental conservation objectives in developing…Publication Date 2012
- Indigenous ecological knowledge
- capacity building
- market-based instruments
- citizen science
- payment for environmental services
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn 2010, we launched the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD; http://www.givd.info), an internet-based re-source offering metadata of existing electronic vegetation databases. On 11 May…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- data sharing
- ecoinformatics
- metadata
- Phytosociology
- relevé
- Library Collection RecordWarmer temperatures can alter the phenology and distribution of individual species. However, differences across species may blur community-level phenological responses to climate or cause biotic…Publication Date 2012
- altitudinal gradient
- beta diversity
- biodiversity
- biotic homogenization
- biotic invasion
- climate change
- community structure
- Hope River Valley
- interactive drivers
- Lepidoptera
- nitrogen
- phenology
- Alien invasive species
- North Canterbury
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordGOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF EXEMPTED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister for…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- exempted species
- invasive species
- biodiversity
- Weeds
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF NATIONAL LIST OF INVASIVE SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa,…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- exempted species
- invasive species
- biodiversity
- Weeds
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record1 GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 PUBLICATION OF PROHIBITED ALIEN SPECIES I, Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- prohibited species
- invasive species
- biodiversity
- Weeds
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas are effective at stopping biodiversity loss, but their placement is constrained by the needs of people. Consequently protected areas are often biased toward areas that are…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- biodiversity
- Economic Aspects
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver 30,000 species of animals and plants that are, or may be, detrimentally affected by international trade are listed on the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered…Publication Date 2009
- Community-based conservation
- Compliance
- endangered species
- International trade
- biodiversity
- conservation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) is the only existing national park situated in succulent thicket. This unique veld type is endemic to the Eastern Cape, and forms an important centre…Publication Date 1998
- Addo Elephant National Park
- flora
- Elephants
- Nature reserves
- management
- biodiversity
- degradation
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGlobally, ecosystems provide services of almost twice the value of global gross national product (Costanza et al., 2006). The Buffalo City Municipality (BCM), South Africa contains biodiversity of…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity conservation
- South Africa
- Buffalo City
- ecosystem services
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- degradation
- GIS
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the role played by traditional leaders in environmental governance in the context of decentralization, based on a case study of grass utilization in QwaQwa. Specifically,…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- conservation
- agriculture
- environmental aspects
- grasses
- South Africa
- QwaQwa
- grassland ecology
- veld grass
- grasswork
- tribal government
- chiefdoms
- environmental policy
- subsistence agriculture
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- southern Africa
- 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 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 RecordAbstract: The KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa, is predominantly a grassland ecosystem maintained by fire. The effect of the current burning regime on invertebrate and flowering forb diversity…Publication Date 2006
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- species richness
- invertebrates
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Grassland biome of South Africa has been identified as critically endangered and the biome in South Africa most requiring conservation attention through the implementation of efficient,…Publication Date 2007
- grassland ecology
- South Africa
- grassland
- conservation
- natural resources
- grassland biome
- biodiversity
- degradation
- soil erosion
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous encroaching species
- southern Africa
- 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
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