Rangeland Management
Applying local knowledge to rangeland management in northern Mongolia: do ‘narrow plants’ reflect the carrying capacity of the land?
... Our results support the knowledge of local pastoralists that narrow plants (low-growing graminoids) are productive and nutritious. However, it remains unclear whether the low-growing plant community can maintain its ...
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Harnessing pastoralists' indigenous knowledge for rangeland management: three African case studies
... As primarily camel pastoralists, the Afar iddo scouts prioritise the needs of their camels. According to the Afar herders, camel management is a crucial aspect of indi- genous rangeland management. ...
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Plant species provide vital ecosystem functions for sustainable agriculture, rangeland management and restoration
... Effects in California grasslands The UC Hopland Research and Extension Center HREChas supported decades of research on the effects of grassland plant species on ecosystem functions and t[r] ...
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Ihe Role Of Range Improvement Practices On Sustaining Rangeland Management In Semi-Arid Area Of Wad Omer, Centeral Sudan
... - The study confirmed reliability and apporoporiatness of using range health seed bank and soil integrity (organic matter contents) in addition to vegetation attribute including cover[r] ...
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Rangeland management in Australia.
... Shrub steppes dominated by low chenopodiaceous shrubs (mainly A triplex and Kochiu) account for most of the remainder of the shrubland area and are widespread, m[r] ...
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Watershed research examines rangeland management effects on water quality
... Research conducted by Robert Burgy Professor Emeritus in the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources and co-workers on HREC Watersheds I and I1 - from 1952 until the early 1[r] ...
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Rangeland management and vegetation ordination in three community ranches in Samburu County, Kenya
... The results based on field land use data, observations and laboratory data obtained from soil chemical analysis revealed that Samburu people employ range, herd and wells management skill[r] ...
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Uganda’s rangeland policy: intentions, consequences and opportunities
... for rangeland users involved in livestock production (Clover and Eriksen 2009, Sayre et ...of rangeland resources in livestock development planning policies (Scoones ...of rangeland management ...
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Assessment of Rangeland Health Attributes and Indicators in Sustainable Range Management (Northern Kordofan)
... assess rangeland health attributes and ...sustainable rangeland management, including range health as an accumulative result of the different range management ...represent rangeland ...
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ASSESSMENT OF RANGELAND RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ON PASTORALIST IN AFDEM DISTRICT OF SITTI ZONE, SOMALI STATE, ETHIOPIA
... assess rangeland resource utilization and management practices, specifically to assess the effect of drought and conflicts over rangeland resource, expansion of unwanted plants species, in Afdem ...
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Effects of season and frequency of burning on a phryganic rangeland in Greece.
... Statistical analyses showed that season of burning did not have any significant effect on the yields (live plant parts) of both Sarcopoterium spinosum and herbace[r] ...
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Determinants of household food security in a rangeland area of Uganda
... This current study fills this glaring gap in Uganda with a focus on utilising the Principle Component Analysis (PCA) to capture multiple aspects of food security. The Principal Component Analysis Index (PCAI) is based on ...
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Cropland Values Rise While Rangeland Values Fall
... Preliminary findings from the 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Farm Real Estate Survey show cropland values rising across the entire state over the past 12 months. This follows on the heels of a year of ...
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Effects of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) on rangeland.
... Basal cover of annual forbs was significantly lower on undisturbed range compared to disturbed areas at all research locations (Table 5).. Significantly higher perc[r] ...
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HOLOCENE FIRE AND CLIMATE IN RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS OF SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO
... Management efforts based on studies showing short fire return intervals often try to restore pre-settlement conditions by the introduction of fire through prescribed burns and other fuel reduction efforts ...
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Rich Olson Rangeland Wildlife Habitat Extension Specialist
... There are four species of skunks found in North America: striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), spotted skunk (Spilogale putorious), hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura), and hog-nosed skunk.. ([r] ...
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Zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia shedding by captured rangeland goats
... Please cite this article as: Khalid Al-Habsi, Rongchang Yang, Andrew Williams, David Miller, Una Ryan, Caroline Jacobson , Zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia shedding by captured rangeland goats. The address for ...
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Diet of Black-Tailed Jackrabbits on Sandhill Rangeland in Colorado.
... Forbs were more highly preferred than were grasses, and seasonally important foods received higher preference indices than those plants eaten in all seasons.. Becau[r] ...
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Exploring the spatio-temporal processes of communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan
... The second major group of LSFs - a mixture of farmers and pastoralists from Kassala State - is mainly from the city of New Halfa. They started to arrive in the mid-1990s. In order to access land, they developed alliances ...
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Environmental and Genetic Diversity of Rangeland Plant Species in Saudi Arabia
... Rangelands in Saudi Arabia comprise about 75% of the country's total area of more than 175 Million Hectares; however, woodland forests occupy only 2.7 Million Hectares. The variability in the landscape has been reflected ...
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