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Managing Southern African Rangeland Systems in the Face of Drought: A Synthesis of Observation, Experimentation and Modeling for Policy and Decision Support
Savanna rangelands cover large areas of southern Africa. They provide ecosystem functions and services that are essential for the livelihoods of...
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Water Is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife
Water scarcity and climatic variability shape human settlement patterns and wildlife distribution and abundance on arid and semi-arid rangelands....
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Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia
AbstractSavannahs are often branded by livestock grazing with resulting land degradation. Holistic management of livestock was proposed to contribute...
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Community-Based Rangeland Restoration for Climate Resilience and Pastoral Livelihoods in Chyulu, Kenya
The Chyulu rangelands are vital socio-ecological production landscape (SEPL) that provide distinct ecosystem goods and services which sustain...
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Development of Rangeland Conservation and Sustainable Management Practices Under Changing Climate
Rangeland plays an important role for the agroecosystem. They preserve the biodiversity and some of the plant species that are used for the...
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Genetic background of juniper (Juniperus spp.) consumption predicted by fecal near-infrared spectroscopy in divergently selected goats raised in harsh rangeland environments
BackgroundJunipers ( Juniperus spp. ) are woody native, invasive plants that have caused encroachment problems in the U.S. western rangelands,...
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Short-term impacts of prescribed fire on C, N, and P dynamics in a subtropical rangeland
Background and aimsPrescribed fire is a common management practice in native rangelands that can result in significant losses of C, N, and P from...
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Interactive effects of rangeland management and rainfall on dung beetle diversity
Insects perform many ecosystem functions, yet their responses to disturbance can be unpredictable. Changes in climate may interact with land use...
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Spatiotemporal Response of Rangeland NPP to Drought in Central Iran based on SPDI Index
AbstractThis study explored the spatiotemporal variability of rangeland NPP in response to drought in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, from...
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PioLaG: a piosphere landscape generator for savanna rangeland modelling
ContextPiospheres describe herbivore utilization gradients around watering points, as commonly found in grass-dominated ecosystems. Spatially...
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Desert Rangeland Ecosystem
This chapter focuses on Chinese desert rangeland ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this...
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Utilization and Improvement of Marginal Soils Through Large Stock Grazing in Semi-Arid Summer Rainfall Areas in South Africa
The popular perception of rangeland and the management, in Sub-Saharan Africa, is mostly negative. The vast areas are seen as a problem without a...
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions
Savanna rangelands provide diverse communities across southern Africa with livestock and wildlife-based livelihoods, as well as extensive ecosystem...
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Supplementation of Acacia dealbata versus Acacia mearnsii leaf-meal has potential to maintain growth performance of lambs grazing low-quality communal rangelands in South Africa
Supplementing livestock grazing communal rangelands with leaf-meals from Acacia trees, which are currently considered as problematic invasive alien...
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Plant Species and Defoliation Effects on Soil Nitrogen Mineralization in a Semiarid Rangeland of Argentina
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of moderate defoliation and grass species on soil nitrogen (N) mineralization in a semiarid...
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Short communication: reproductive response to concentrate supplementation of mixed-breed goats on rangeland
The effect of concentrate supplementation to crossbred goats on rangeland during the dry period on their reproductive performance was investigated....
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Waterfowl and Wetland Birds
The future of wetland bird habitat and populations is intrinsically connected with the conservation of rangelands in North America. Many rangeland...
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Modeling the impacts of natural and anthropogenic processes on the hydrologic components in Kordan watershed, Iran
The objective of this study was to investigate impacts of climate disturbance and watershed management operations on hydrologic functioning of the...
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Black-Tailed and Mule Deer
Black-tailed and mule deer (both designated as Odocoileus hemionus; hereafter referred to as “deer” or “mule deer”) comprise an iconic species that...
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Role and Management of Fire in Rangelands
Fire is a fundamental ecological process in rangeland ecosystems. Fire drives patterns in both abiotic and biotic ecosystem functions that maintain...