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- Library Collection RecordThe presence of grazers on grazing lawns in East Africa and North America often alters nitrogen cycling and availability. Grazing lawns can be defined as areas where grasses are kept in a short,…Publication Date 2011
- African savannah
- Grazers
- grazing lawns
- national park
- nitrogen
- soils
- management
- Africa
- 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 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 RecordWind erosion is a major contributor to desertification in the Sahel. Although three effective countermeasures for wind erosion (i.e. ridging, mulching with post-harvest crop residue, and windbreaks)…Publication Date 2011
- erosion
- desertification
- Sahel
- desert grasslands
- management
- soil fertility
- agriculture
- rainfall
- Soil Condition
- Sahel
- West Africa
- Library Collection RecordSpatial prioritizations and gap analyses are increasingly undertaken to allocate conservation resources. Most spatial prioritizations are conducted without specifying the conservation instruments to…Publication Date 2011
- Conservancy
- Community conservation
- Effectiveness
- Gauteng
- off-reserve conservation
- optimal instrument mix
- conservation
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAn important question in biodiversity studies is whether disturbances in ecosystems will cause a net loss of species or whether such losses can be compensated by replacement of other species. We use…Publication Date 2011
- compensation
- Ecosystem function
- grasslands
- Serengeti birds
- ecosystem ecology
- birds
- invertebrates
- fire ecology
- management
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grazing systems
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- grasses
- fertilizer application
- plant nutrition
- energy value
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- dairy cows
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- pastures
- grassland management
- grazing intensity
- livestock management
- milk yield
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Pasture Improvement
- grassland management
- pastures
- economic analysis
- profitability
- Properties
- economic viability
- profit
- silage
- feeds
- Feed Crops
- crops
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the seasonal and plant species patterns of short-term intake rate (STIR) by Nguni goats fed six common browse species in subhumid subtropical savannas. Six 2-year-old…Publication Date 2011
- browser
- conditioning
- feeding behaviour
- herbivore
- intake rate
- goats
- Fodder
- diet selection
- foraging ecology
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMean annual soil respiration correlates with net primary productivity and therefore provides an indication of ecosystem functioning. Soil respiration, however, varies considerably in space and time…Publication Date 2011
- carbon dioxide
- overstocking
- rangeland management
- soil temperature
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nutrients
- soil water
- rangelands
- management
- stocking rates
- Nama Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordInteractions between mature grass plants and grass seedlings have been found to be both facilitative and competitive. To examine the effects of aboveground and belowground competition on seedling…Publication Date 2011
- competition
- grass seedling
- soil depth
- seedlings
- grasslands
- plant production
- siol depth
- plant autecology
- grazing
- stocking rates
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordFire is a key driver in shaping and maintaining grasslands. Long-term exclusion of fire in moist grasslands has been attempted at Catchment IX (CIX) at Cathedral Peak since 1952. Vegetation was…Publication Date 2011
- Erica evansii
- Leucosidea sericea
- moist grasslands
- tree mortality
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- management
- species diversity
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage conditioners
- grazing intensity
- productivity
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 98-108Publication Date 2011
- livestock management
- grazing
- grasslands
- meadows
- private farms
- beef cattle
- sheep
- livestock numbers
- animal husbandry
- grassland management
- farm management
- statistical data
- research
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 10-17Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- natural grasslands
- wetlands
- biodiversity
- pastures
- grazing
- grassland management
- beef
- species
- agricultural economics
- projects
- research
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed the impact of Prosopis invasion and clearing on the grazing capacity of heavily grazed Nama Karoo rangeland in the Beaufort West district of the Western Cape province of South Africa.…Publication Date 2011
- exotic invasive plants
- management
- natural resources
- rangeland condition
- rehabilitation
- alien invasive plants
- grazing
- plant production
- forage quality
- Forage Quantity
- Nama Karoo
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Roggeveld consists of an island of Mountain Renosterveld (Fynbos biome) surrounded by Succulent Karoo biome vegetation. Since management of abandoned croplands depends on a better understanding…Publication Date 2011
- diversity indices
- Fynbos biome
- old fields
- species richness
- Succulent Karoo biome
- management
- Abandoned lands
- restoration ecology
- Roggeveld
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- palatability
- sheep
- Behaviour
- grazing
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- grassland management
- simulation
- grazing systems
- simulation
- 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 RecordElandskloof was the first land restitution case in post-apartheid South Africa in which the government returned land to a community. The communal property association became dysfunctional, and the…Publication Date 2011
- Communal land systems
- Common property regimes
- Land restitution
- Post-apartheid land reform
- legislation
- subsitence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- non-grazing resources
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Sudan
- forage
- rangelands
- vegetation
- management
- developmental stages
- grassland management
- biomass
- nutritive value
- vegetation
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- grassland management
- maintenance
- handling
- storage
- costs
- 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
- grassland management
- animal husbandry
- animal production
- Dairy cattle
- dairy cows
- milk production
- highlands
- Alps
- alpine grasslands
- cultural values
- value systems
- landscape conservation
- incentives
- motivation
- motivation
- Library Collection RecordThe widespread provision of water points in protected areas in semi-arid savannas has supported associated increases in cumulative grazing pressure. This study addresses the management implications…Publication Date 2011
- water
- piosphere
- management
- savanna
- grazing
- nature reserve
- ecosystem ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- risk
- Insurance
- rangelands
- grazing
- weathering
- drought
- production data
- agricultural economics
- management
- 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
- feed intake
- animal nutrition
- animal feeding
- silage
- hay
- grassland management
- proximate composition
- chemical composition
- botanical composition
- quality
- Library Collection RecordSmooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.), meadow bromegrass (Bromus riparius Rehm.) and hybrid bromegrass (B. riparius x B. inermis) are widely used for hay and pasture in temperate regions of the…Publication Date 2011
- pastures
- plant production
- management
- plant physiology
- grasses
- Bromegrass
- defoliation
- etiolated regrowth
- remobilization of stored reserves
- Saskatoon
- Canada
- Library Collection Record1. Plant-plant interactions are known to vary with changing environmental conditions; however, we have little empirical knowledge of the impact of abrupt environmental changes on millennial scale…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- palaeoecology
- management
- grasses
- modelling
- community dynamics
- ecosystem changes
- abrupt climate change
- alternative stable states
- community dynamics
- competition
- facilitation
- fire
- herbivore density
- nitrogen availability
- plant population
- Tree-grass coexistence
- England
- 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 RecordThe Savanna biome covers around 60% of sub-Saharan Africa. The goods and services it provides are utilised and often depended upon by rural communities, commercial farmers and managers of…Publication Date 2011
- remote sensing
- Savanna ecology
- biomass
- spatial ecology
- spatial analysis
- plant biomass
- remote sensing
- fire ecology
- management
- MODIS
- Nature reserves
- savanna
- mapping
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe main objective of this study was to determine to what extent grazing pressure and timing modulate the seasonal progression of herbage quality in hilly Mediterranean grassland systems. The study…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- cattle
- fodder quality
- grassland
- management
- rangelands
- sustainablity
- acid detergent fibre
- digestibility
- grazing system
- neutral detergent fibre
- near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- protein
- stocking rate
- eastern Galilee
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordThe conservation values of old-growth forests in landscapes subject to repeated disturbance by fire or logging have received considerable conservation attention. However, little is known of the…Publication Date 2011
- ant biodiversity
- Fire exclusion
- fire management
- old-growth forest
- Territory Wildlife Parkfire ecology
- conservation
- management
- fire ecology
- savanna
- invertebrates
- Ants
- Australia
- Library Collection Record1. Spatially explicit understanding of the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (ES) from global to local scales is currently limited. New studies analysing the simultaneous provision of multiple…Publication Date 2011
- of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem services
- functional trade-offs
- landscape modelling
- mountain grassland management
- plant functional traits
- management
- grassland
- modelling
- ecosystem services
- policy
- land use
- grassland
- ecosystem ecology
- biodiversity
- plant functional traits
- Central French Alps
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the long-term effects on sward composition and animal performance of applying different fertilizer regimes to upland permanent pasture. The experiment, which was carried out…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- grazing
- animal production
- fertilizer
- Extensification
- sheep
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- liveweight gain
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordBoreholes in the Kruger National Park (KNP) was at first developed to increase the number of animals that were at low densities because of poaching, diseases, fencing and low permanent water…Publication Date 2011
- national park
- water
- management
- piospheres
- soil moisture
- boreholes
- ecosystem ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study aimed to estimate green herbage biomass (GBM) and crude protein (CP) concentrations of a mixed-sown pasture in Hokkaido, Japan using ground based hyperspectral measurements and…Publication Date 2011
- plant production
- fodder quality
- pastures
- management
- grazing
- geostatistical analysis
- herbage biomass
- Herbage Quality
- hyperspectral measurement
- mapping
- Hokkaido
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPastoral-based animal production systems are under increasing pressure to provide the high quantity and quality of feed needed for optimal ruminant performance. The capacity of farmers to increase…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- greenhouse gases
- management
- plant production
- forage breeding
- fitness
- pasture persistence
- trait expression
- respiration
- cultivar evaluation
- forage quality
- breeding targets
- WSC
- environmental impact
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordThe South African government, as part of its efforts to mitigate the effects of the ongoing energy crisis, has proposed that biofuels should form an important part of the country's energy supply…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Alien invasive species
- land use
- management
- policies
- biofuels
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordA 2-year whole-farm study compared pasture-based systems increasing milk production per ha by increasing either stocking rate (from 2·5 to 3·8 cows/ha) or milk yield per cow (from 6000 to 9000 kg/…Publication Date 2011
- management
- economics
- milk yield
- stocking rate
- pasture
- grazing
- dairy cows
- dairy farm
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe use of surrogates for biodiversity is a practical tool to improve the cost effectiveness of regional conservation planning. However, there is still much uncertainty about the biological…Publication Date 2011
- disjunction
- ecological barriers
- Mitchell Landscapes
- regional conservation
- Surrogate
- biodiversity
- conservation
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordDecision support tools to help dairy farmers gain confidence in grazing management need to be able to predict performance of grazing animals with easy-to-obtain variables on farm. This paper, the…Publication Date 2011
- GrazeIn
- management
- animal production
- grazing
- dairy cow
- intake
- modelling
- sward availability
- time at pasture
- roational grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis paper represents a collaboration by conservation practitioners, ecologists, and climate change scientists to provide specific guidance on local and regional adaptation strategies to climate…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- savanna
- conservation ecology
- climate change
- management
- planning
- restoration ecology
- Pacific Northwest
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPasture managers seek to balance leaf appearance with utilization to sustain sward productivity while meeting livestock nutritional needs. Achieving this in silvopasture must account for the…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- plant production
- non-structural carbohydrates
- shade
- orchard grass
- tall fescue
- Appalachian region
- USA
- Library Collection RecordMountain pastures can be improved by the application of wood ash, but its effectiveness as a source of N, P and other elements requires improved management practices. Two application rates of wood…Publication Date 2011
- pastures
- soil nutrients
- management
- fertiliser
- wood ash
- mountain pastures
- fertilization
- phosphorus
- nutrient cycling
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordSoil structure development has a direct and indirect relation with hydraulic properties that generally control the transport of surface applied nutrients in unsaturated zones causing environmental…Publication Date 2011
- soils
- nutrient
- management
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordIn many areas of Europe there are policies to restore former arable land to grassland. In practice, this usually involves the use of commercial seed mixtures. The abundance of all vascular plants…Publication Date 2011
- restoration ecology
- management
- agriculture management
- grassland
- rate of succession
- species pool
- vegetation
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordCreated in 1968 in Zimbabwe, the Gonarezhou National Park (GNP) is a protected area dedicated to the conservation of wildlife resources. This paper offers insights in wildlife management and issues…Publication Date 2011
- management
- game
- climate change
- wildlife management
- socio-economic aspects
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
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