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- Library Collection RecordUsing an analysis of aerial photographs from 1942, 1985 and 2004 we assessed the impact of changing land tenure and land-use regimes on the cover of thicket vegetation on the Grahamstown commonage.…Publication Date 2014
- bush encroahcment
- land use
- management
- Aerial Photographs
- goats
- browsing
- livestock
- grazing
- grasses
- shrubs
- degradation
- Grahamstown
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPoor irrigation management in pastures can lead to yield and quality reduction as well as loss of income through extra pumping and leaching of nitrate fertiliser. A number of irrigation scheduling…Publication Date 2014
- irrigation
- management
- pastures
- fertiliser
- plant production
- weather
- Ryegrass
- soil water
- plant production
- water dynamics
- nutrients
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the Mopane Bushveld, Colophospermum mopane is viewed as a threat due to its ability to suppress the herbaceous layer. The objective of this study was to investigate the re-establishment of C.…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- restoration ecology
- savanna
- management
- fodder production
- browsing
- soil nutrients
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordFew assessments of the effects of fire and grazing on the herbaceous components of savannas have been reported for Africa. In the Kruger National Park, South Africa, range condition was monitored at…Publication Date 2014
- fire ecology
- grazing
- management
- savanna
- game
- rangeland condition
- rainfall gradient
- grasses
- forage
- ecosystem ecology
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordBrowsing herbivores are generally highly selective feeders, selecting for new shoots and young plant material. Determinations of browser carrying capacity are then greatly inflated when based on…Publication Date 2014
- savanna
- browsing
- grazing
- game
- wildlife
- conservation
- carrying capacity
- climate
- soil
- rainfall
- modelling
- plant production
- management
- Zululand region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyzes rancher participation in conservation programs in the context of a social-ecological framework for adaptive rangeland decision-making. We argue that conservation programs are best…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- ecosystem services
- management
- social networks
- Library Collection RecordPurposeful introductions of exotic species for rehabilitation efforts following wildfire are common on rangelands in the western United States, though ecological impacts of exotic species in novel…Publication Date 2013-03-01
- exotic species
- greenstrips
- management
- sagebrush steppe
- slickspots
- wildfire
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • Ranch drought planning is important for identifying management priorities, proactively evaluating management options before a drought occurs, and ultimately reducing the effects of…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- hazards
- adaptation
- climate
- monitoring
- management
- best management practices
- trigger dates
- decision making
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Does a reduction in size class of soil biota aggravate the impacts of soil compaction on plant communities? Location Controlled mesocosm study with a European ruderal plant community exposed…Publication Date 2013
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- global change
- invasive plant
- nematodes
- Plant functional group
- stress
- soils
- management
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordIdentification of spatial gradients in ecosystem vulnerability to global climate change and local stressors is an important step in the formulation and implementation of appropriate countermeasures1…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- conservation
- management
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordThe greenhouse gas (GHG) [methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)] mitigation effects of mixing dried grass into passively-aerated manure during the composting process (which accounts for 68.7% of…Publication Date 2013
- greenhouse gases
- Methane
- climate change
- global warming
- nitrous oxide
- management
- agriculture
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming is one of the most profound challenges for human beings during the 21st century. The world's leading scientists have identified that warming of the climate system is unequivocal,…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- global warming
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- soils
- land use
- management
- carbon sequestration
- modelling
- monitoring
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordAbstract We describe a novel dissimilarity framework to analyse spatial patterns of species diversity and illustrate it with alien plant invasions in Northern Portugal. We used this framework to test…Publication Date 2013
- Alien invasive species
- Dispersal corridors
- Environmental distances
- Geographic distances
- Multi-model inference
- Residence time
- Species composition and richness
- restoration ecology
- species diversity
- climate
- land use
- degradation
- management
- Northern Portugal
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the best way to identify plant indicators for monitoring the responses of semi-natural grassland communities to various management practices (i.e. burning, burning and mowing,…Publication Date 2013
- burning
- Dispersal mode
- disturbance
- Flowering season
- Functional composition
- grazing
- Indicator species analysis
- mowing
- Non-metric multidimensional scaling
- plant functional groups
- plant height
- moonitoring
- management
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- plant production
- Mt. Aso
- Kumamoto Prefecture
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2013
- resource conservation
- vegetation
- overgrazing
- desertification
- pastures
- Syria
- vegetation
- desertification
- Library Collection RecordThis page contains mammal abstracts containing the taxonomy, biology, distribution, population trends, and management status of a wide variety of Arizona mammals.Publication Date 2013
- taxonomy
- biology
- distribution
- population change
- management
- wildlife
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordOne of the most important issues in natural resources today is the intersection of land management and climate influences on vegetation change and soil erosion. Here at the SNRE, we are very…Publication Date 2013
- land management
- vegetation
- climate change
- soil erosion
- Vegetation Change
- climate influence
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- Laboratory
- Library Collection RecordSoil is a complex ecosystem comprised of several and mutually interacting components, both abiotic (organomineral associations) and biotic (microbial and pedofaunal populations and plants), where a…Publication Date 2013
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- soil atmosphere
- soil microbial activity
- Soil Condition
- soil carbon dioxide
- soil fertility
- management
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordPlant growth can be limited by resource acquisition and defence against consumers, leading to contrasting trade-off possibilities. The competition-defence hypothesis posits a trade-off between…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- Coexistence
- competition-defence hypothesis
- Life History
- mammalian herbivory
- Nutrient Network (NutNet)
- resource limitation
- tolerance
- top-down bottom-up
- trade-offs
- plant production
- fertilisers
- management
- nutrients
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- Library Collection RecordSaving species costs money. But how much money? Governments have committed themselves to action but do not know what such action will cost. Donal McCarthy can tell them – and it is a bargain.Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- extinction
- conservation
- Economic Aspects
- management
- Library Collection RecordEcosystems have a critical role in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality, but management to change an ecosystem process in support of one regulating ecosystem service can either provide…Publication Date 2013
- co-benefit
- Ecosystem service
- policy
- regulating service
- trade-off
- cattle
- grazing
- climate change
- soils
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordNational and international assessments are increasingly highlighting the unsustainable use of earth's natural resources in the face of population increase, growing material affluence and global…Publication Date 2013
- ecosystem services
- management
- policy
- sustainability
- United Kingdom
- Library Collection RecordPublic works programs have been posited as win-win solutions for achieving societal goals for ecological restoration and poverty alleviation. However, little is documented regarding the challenges of…Publication Date 2013
- daptive management
- ecological intervention
- Effectiveness
- Failure
- lessons
- organizational design
- pest control
- set-backs
- restoration ecology
- management
- socio-economic aspects
- Alien invasive species
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPolicy affecting the rangeland commons in South Africa has been based largely on management models developed for large-scale commercial farming. This paper examines the current policy situation and…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- Communal areas
- management
- Sustainable development
- agriculture
- livestock
- Tenure
- legislation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe paper agrees with three fundamental points raised by Vetter (in this issue), whilst highlighting an emerging trend in wildlife land use, which should be considered in policy making. Firstly, the…Publication Date 2013
- game animals
- policies
- communal rangelands
- subsistence agriculture
- biodiversity
- conservation
- Poverty
- livastock
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock farming in communal areas is an activity pursued by rural households as one of a range of livelihood strategies aimed at spreading risk. The cash and non-cash benefits derived from…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- policy
- management
- livestock production
- Poverty
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa's rangeland commons and enhance their contribution to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- Communal areas
- land reform
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Commercial farming
- agriculture
- Poverty
- livestock
- animal production
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, "Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons - aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape…Publication Date 2013
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper was prepared in response to a paper prepared by Vetter (in this issue) that addressed the issue of policy development related to sustainable management of rangelands. In line with the…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- Sustainable development
- management
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- livestock
- agriculture
- animal productivity
- Plant Productivity
- Msinga
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe creation of local institutions with a mandate over land access and control is seen as a prerequisite for successful decentralisation of land tenure and effective local resource management in sub-…Publication Date 2013
- land tenure
- management
- policy
- rangelands
- communal agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, the relative extent of range degradation under freehold compared to communal tenure has been strongly debated. We present a perspective on the processes that drive rangeland…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- degradation
- communal farming
- management
- policy
- rehabilitation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-ecological systems and…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rangelands
- socio-economic aspects
- Sustainable development
- climate change
- policy
- management
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of biodiversity decline throughout Europe. Agri-environment schemes governed by EU regulation are a significant tool in combating this decline but…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- agriculture
- policy
- grasslands
- Conservation effectiveness
- Conservation Policy
- Farmland biodiversity
- Management contract
- Spatial conservation prioritization
- Zonation software
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the main drivers of variation in beta-diversity for Bromus erectus semi-natural dry grasslands of habitat 6210(*) at different scales? How should environmental variables and…Publication Date 2013
- biogeography
- Calcareous dry grasslands
- Conservation prioritization
- Habitat 6210(*)
- Habitats Directive
- Multiple regression on distance matrices
- Variation partitioning
- grasslands
- species diversity
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- Central Italy
- Library Collection RecordQuestion How is the magnitude and seasonality of carbon uptake affected by the replacement of native grasslands by eucalyptus plantations? Location RÃo de la Plata Grasslands in Argentina and…Publication Date 2013
- ANPP
- land-use change
- MODIS
- NDVI
- RÃo de la Plata Grasslands
- tree plantations
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- carbon sequestration
- rainfall
- plant production
- land use
- global warming
- management
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the characteristics of soil seed banks in highly endangered renosterveld vegetation and adjacent degraded sites? What is the contribution of the soil seed bank to restoring…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- soils
- seed bank
- degradation
- agriculture
- fire ecology
- management
- restoration ecology
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous vegetation
- wartland Shale Renosterveld
- Cape Floristic Region
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSavannahs are widespread vegetation type in Sudanian zone of Africa. As protected areas are often assumed to be the best way to conserve biodiversity, we assessed the effectiveness of the Pendjari…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- diversity
- savannah
- Structure
- Woody Species
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2013
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- seeds
- vegetation dynamics
- mowing
- White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve
- Czech Republic
- Central Europe
- Library Collection RecordNitrous oxide (N2O) makes the single largest contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from UK and European Union agriculture. Ambitious government targets for GHG mitigation are leading to the…Publication Date 2013
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- management
- soil conditions
- Economic Aspects
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports the effects of a long-term tillage and crop residue experiment on the soil microbial ecology of a Loess soil located in Gansu Province, western China. Tillage and residue…Publication Date 2013
- Soil Condition
- agriculture
- management
- fertilizer
- Maize
- tillage
- conservation agriculture
- soil fertility
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe global protected area (PA) system has a key role to play in biological conservation, and it is thus vital to understand the factors that are likely to limit this potential. Attention to date has…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- management
- policy
- biodiversity
- conservation planning
- environmental pressures
- Metals
- mining
- protected areas
- Library Collection RecordPlant-soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics, the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial ecosystems respond to…Publication Date 2013
- vegetation dynamics
- plant-soil interactions
- Alien invasive species
- community dynamics
- succesion
- climate change
- biodiversity
- restoration
- ecosystem services
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Library Collection RecordThough biological invasion studies have proliferated in recent decades, a consistent emphasis remains on the study of single-species invasions. Here, we juxtapose the number of invasive plants…Publication Date 2013
- Alien invasive species
- conservation ecology
- management
- Co-occurring invasives
- Ecosystem hijacking
- Invader-invader interactions
- Invasional meltdown
- Not-knowing-doing gap
- The Nature Conservancy
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge of the success or otherwise of conservation interventions is often locked within localised networks, resulting in mistakes being replicated unnecessarily. The savannahs of eastern and…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- Evidence based conservation
- Management interventions
- national parks
- protected areas
- savanna
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordVariation in functional community composition is expected to influence the extent of exotic species invasions. Yet, whether resident functional groups control invasion through their relative biomass…Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- biotic resistance
- invasion ecology
- mass ratio hypothesis
- phenological niches
- rank abundance
- removal experiment
- subadditive effect
- grasslands
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Flooding Pampa grassland
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordWith ever-increasing human pressure on ecosystems, it is critically important to predict how ecosystem functions will respond to such human-induced perturbations. We define perturbations as either…Publication Date 2013
- biodiversity
- ecological thresholds
- environment
- evolution
- interaction network
- perturbation
- species traits
- stability
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- Library Collection RecordDioecious plants frequently face sex-related resource allocation trade-offs. Differential traits of male and female plants can have important consequences that influence their direct and indirect…Publication Date 2013
- arid ecosystems
- dioecy
- life-history traits
- O-ring statistics
- plant-herbivore interactions
- plant-plant interactions
- sex ratio
- Sexual dimorphism
- spatial pattern
- trade-offs
- grasslands
- grazing
- management
- ecosystem ecology
- Patagonian steppe
- south-western Chubut
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordI consider the possibility that people engaged in conservation and management of species and ecosystems are experiencing grief related to ongoing loss of species, assemblages, ecosystem integrity,…Publication Date 2013
- grieving process
- Hope
- polarized debate
- restoration ecology
- management
- social aspects
- conservation