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- 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 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 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 RecordSeasonal dynamics in the vegetation and rumen microbial nitrogen (MBN) production and nutritional status of grazing sheep were investigated in a semiarid rangeland in eastern Rajasthan, India, to…Publication Date 2011
- rangeland
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- management
- resource
- nutrition
- Semiarid rangeland
- sheep
- weather discomforts
- Rajasthan
- India
- 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 RecordIntercropping two species at different growth stages is common in temperate and tropical areas. An apparent recovery of growth is observed in late-maturing species after early-maturing species have…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- pastures
- intercropping
- Maize
- biodiversity
- management
- Gansu province
- China
- Library Collection RecordGrazeIn is a model for predicting herbage intake and milk production of grazing dairy cows. The objectives of this paper are to test its robustness according to a planned arrangement of grazing and…Publication Date 2011
- animal production
- forage
- management
- grazing
- dairy cow
- herbage intake
- milk production
- modelling
- simulation
- Validation
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordAnts are considered an important faunal group for the functioning of arid rangelands, they have a long history of use for environmental monitoring, and exhibit four global patterns in grazing lands…Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- Bioindicator
- chenopod shrubland
- disturbance
- Formicidae
- grazing impacts
- Mulga
- piosphere
- Ants
- invertebrates
- rangelands
- monitoring
- grazing
- management
- restoration ecology
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAim Woody plants were not widely considered to be important invasive alien species until fairly recently. Thousands of species of trees and shrubs have, however, been moved around the world. Many…Publication Date 2011
- biological invasions
- dispersal modes
- invasive species
- management
- natural experiment
- reasons for introduction
- shrub invasions
- tree invasions
- alien invsive species
- biodiversity
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Almost a century ago, Josias Braun-Blanquet developed his phytosociological approach for vegetation field study. At that time, nobody could foresee what the impact of this methodology would…Publication Date 2011
- Large vegetation databases
- ecological information systems
- eco-informatics
- Turboveg
- SynBioSys
- ecology
- management
- data analysis
- land-use nature conservation
- policies
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of grazing widely differs among plant communities. A generalized model published in 1988 proposed that this variation could be accounted for by the interaction between primary productivity…Publication Date 2011
- community assembly
- disturbance
- evolutionary history
- primary productivity
- successiongrazing
- management
- plant production
- seeds
- modelling
- Library Collection RecordIn obligate seeding species, the germination niche is crucial for colonization and population survival. It is a high-risk phase in a plant's life cycle, and is directly regulated by temperature…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- germination niche
- seed germination
- south-west Australia
- temperature gradient plate
- vulnerability
- management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAccurate descriptions of developmental stages in perennial forage grasses are important for management decisions during the growing season. It would be advantageous to have a scale and index…Publication Date 2011
- management
- commercial agriculture
- fodder quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- Phenological Development
- perennial forage grasses
- Timothy
- meadow fescue
- maturity
- decimal code
- phasic development
- morphology
- forage quality
- whole crop cereals
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: What are the interactive effects of flooding and cattle trampling upon the structural attributes and the floristic composition of a plant community? Do the effects on the plant community…Publication Date 2011
- community structure
- flooding
- Grassland recovery
- grazing
- Lotus tenuis
- trampling
- grassland
- cattle
- management
- Flooding Pampa grasslands
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordObjective: To contribute to the integration of key ecological concepts such as dynamic equilibrium, critical threshold, resistance and resilience to the "State and Transition Model " (STM…Publication Date 2011
- Dynamic equilibrium
- rangeland ecology
- resilience
- resistance
- thresholds
- ecosystem ecology
- modelling
- Ecosystem function
- state-and-transition model
- rangelands
- management
- 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 RecordDegradation of soil as a consequence of land use poses a threat to sustainable agriculture in South Africa, resulting in the need for a soil protection strategy and policy. Development of such a…Publication Date 2011
- land use
- soils
- policy
- Organic Content
- grazing
- fire
- rangeland
- agriculture
- conservation
- no-till
- pasture
- soil nutrients
- organic carbon
- management
- restoration ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver the past half-century, agricultural production gains have provided a platform for rural and urban economic growth worldwide. In African countries, however, agriculture has been widely assumed to…Publication Date 2011
- farming
- scaling-up
- Social capital
- sustainable intensification
- Sustainable development
- soil conservation
- soils
- sustainability
- conservation
- agriculture
- policies
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordTef, Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter, is the main Ethiopian cereal grown on 2.5 million ha annually, and serving as a staple food grain for more than 50 million people. The major constraints in tef…Publication Date 2011
- seed
- management
- dissemination
- innovation
- Quncho
- seed system
- tef Introduction
- pasture seed
- Ethiopia
- pastures
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPsidium guajava (guava) is recognised as the third most important invasive alien plant species in the moist savanna biome of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. The cost of initial clearing of alien…Publication Date 2011
- Alien plant control
- herbicides
- picloram
- fluroxypyr
- bromacil
- tebuthiuron
- imzapyr
- guava
- economics
- invasive plants
- Alien invasive species
- Economic Aspects
- herbicides
- Swaziland
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports on a simulation growth model developed to predict daily gain (DG) of dairy cattle heifers. The model input parameters are gross energy (GE), ash, crude protein (CP), organic matter…Publication Date 2011
- elephant grass
- Daily Gain
- Supplement
- desmodium
- lablab
- Dairy cattle
- diet selection
- modelling
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural policy formulation in Sub Saharan Africa has been dominated by research initiatives that alienated other farmers and stakeholders. The Sub Saharan Africa Challenge Programme (SSA CP)…Publication Date 2011
- policy
- smallholders
- partnerships
- agriculture
- innovations
- stakeholders
- politics
- Sub Saharan Africa Challenge Programme
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2009, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742, USA 323 pp, hardcover ISBN 978?1-4200?4739-4. Price US\$144.95Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Wiley-Blackwell, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK 211 pages, hardcover and softcover ISBN 978?0-470?66101-7 (hardcover), 978?0-470?66102-4 (softcover). Price …Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2009, CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia 416 pp, softcover ISBN 978?0-6430?9402-4. Price AU\$99.95Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Klaus Hess Publishers, Sudetenland-Str. 18, 37085 Göttingen, Germany; and PO Box 90624, Windhoek, Namibia Hardcover, 3 volumes, XLIV + 1375 pp + CD-ROM ISBN 9789991657301 (Namibia and South…Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Wiley-Blackwell, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Softcover, 448 pp ISBN 9781405177856. Price £45.00/€54.00Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Earthscan Publications, Dunstan House, 14a St Cross St, London, EC1N 8XA, UK Hardcover, 360 pp ISBN 9781844079162. Price £60.00Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2011, CSIRO Publishing, 150 Oxford Street, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, VIC 3036, Australia 144 pages, softcover ISBN 9780643094437. Price AU\$49.95Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Earthscan Publications, Dunstan House, 14a St Cross St, London, EC1N 8XA UK Hardcover or softcover, 184 pp ISBN 9781849711449 (hardcover), 9781849711456 (softcover). Price US\$145.00 (hardcover…Publication Date 2011
- Africa
- Library Collection Record2010, Wiley-Blackwell, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Hardcover and softcover, 201pp ISBN 9781405198943 (hardcover), 9781405198950 (softcover). Price £90.00/â Publication Date 2011
- 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
- risk
- Insurance
- rangelands
- grazing
- weathering
- drought
- production data
- agricultural economics
- 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. 127-131Publication Date 2011
- farming systems
- biodiversity
- meadows
- Nature reserves
- management
- research
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordCivil Engineering '11. 3rd International Scientific Conference. Proceedings, Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Rural Engineering. Dept. of Architecture and Building. Dept…Publication Date 2011
- Biogas
- technology
- landscape
- models
- management
- Pilot projects
- Rural development
- grasslands
- vegetation
- research
- vegetation
- Biogas
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forestry
- forests
- pastures
- landscape
- woodlands
- agriculture
- management
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- management
- phenology
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grazing
- livestock
- Time
- traps
- management
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordTef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] occupies two million hectares of land each year, which accounts for 28% of the total acreage. However, its productivity is constrained by drought. Development of…Publication Date 2011
- drought
- Drought Resistance
- Eragrostis pilosa
- RILs
- tef
- plant breeding
- genotypes
- Ethiopia
- 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 RecordAbstract not avaiable.Publication Date 2011
- biodiversity
- climate change
- global warming
- rainfall
- Nigeria
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Ecological edges (zones separating ecosystems or land cover types) can function as active boundaries, unique habitats and dynamic transition zones. Abiotic factors, species and species…Publication Date 2011
- savanna
- ecosystem structure
- Ecosystem function
- edge effects
- grazing
- cattle
- Acacia drepanolobium
- boma
- continuous response function
- Crematogaster
- edge depth
- habitat fragmentation
- multiple edges
- Tetraponera penzigi
- Laikipia
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Ecologists debate the importance of neutral versus niche-based explanations for patterns of species coexistence and whether small-scale data can inform ecological understanding of communities,…Publication Date 2011
- community analysis
- ecosystem ecology
- rainfall
- soil nutrients
- modelling
- abiotic gradients
- community assembly theory
- environmental filters
- grass phylogeny
- K-statistic
- plant population and community dynamics
- plant species richness
- species coexistence
- structural equation modelling
- trait dispersion
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. We introduce a novel method that analyses environmental filtering of plant species in a geographic and phylogenetic context. By connecting species traits with phylogeny, traits with environment,…Publication Date 2011
- coastal marsh plain
- community ecology
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- functional traits
- phylogenetic clustering
- phylogenetic signal
- RLQ analysis
- spatial analysis
- species assemblage
- statistical graphics
- ecosystem ecology
- Algeria
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Invasive alien plant species pose a severe threat to native plant communities world-wide, especially on islands. While many studies focus on the direct impact of alien plants on native systems,…Publication Date 2011
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- indirect interactions
- inselbergs
- interaction connectance
- invasion ecology
- Invasive alien species
- plant communities
- pollination webs
- Seychelles Islands
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordInformation at local scale on impacts of climate variability and climate change are crucial for planning of adaptation strategies and practices in agriculture. There is a diversity of approaches and…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring
- soils
- degradation
- socio-economic aspects
- Impact assessment
- hydrology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relevance of land-use planning tools such as the Land Use and Allocation Plan (LUAP)is more than ever a necessity to face challenges of natural resources degradation (water, soil and forest) the…Publication Date 2011
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- climate change
- food security
- Senegal
- Senegal
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural production, livelihoods and economic growth in many developing countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places as rainfall…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- water storage
- Poverty
- Rural
- socio-economic aspects
- climate change
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Africa
- 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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