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Xinyang Yu, Changhe Lu and Gengxing Zhao
The importance of accurately monitoring rangeland degradation dynamics over decades is increasing in Linxia rangeland, the birthplace of the Yellow River in China. Since 2000, the Chinese government has implemented the ?Grain for Green? program and enfor...
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Katlego Mashiane, Samuel Adelabu and Abel Ramoelo
The role of biodiversity in improving the primary productivity within terrestrial ecosystems is well documented. Each species in an ecosystem has a role to play in the overall productivity of an ecosystem. Grass species nitrogen (N) estimation is essenti...
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Carlos G. Ochoa, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Jesús A. Prieto-Amparán, Hector R. Garduño, Feng Huang and Carlos Ortega-Ochoa
For this study, conducted in a semiarid (318 mm) rangeland setting in the Chihuahuan Desert region in northern Mexico, we evaluated the seasonal and interannual variability of precipitation, vegetation, and groundwater relations. Between 2012 and 2014, a...
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Ilias Karmiris, Thomas G. Papachristou and Dimitrios Fotakis
Silvopasture, a traditional agroforestry practice, combines the presence of trees, shrubs, herbage, and livestock in time and space to provide multiple ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being. However, the abandonment of traditional agrofo...
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Daniel E. Martin, Roberto Rodriguez, Derek A. Woller, K. Chris Reuter, Lonnie R. Black, Mohamed A. Latheef, Mason Taylor and Kiara M. López Colón
Grasshoppers are integral parts of rangeland ecosystems but also have the potential to reach population densities high enough (outbreaks) to cause serious economic damage from forage loss and affect adjacent crops. The objective of this study was to inve...
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Paulina B. Ramírez, Samantha Mosier, Francisco Calderón and M. Francesca Cotrufo
Low-cost techniques, such as mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy, are increasingly necessary to detect soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) changes in rangelands following improved grazing management. Specifically, Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing ...
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Sheila Barry and Lynn Huntsinger
Land sharing, conserving biodiversity on productive lands, is globally promoted. Much of the land highest in California?s biodiversity is used for livestock production, providing an opportunity to understand land sharing and species conservation. A revie...
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Soil total nitrogen (N) stock in rangelands, shrublands, and forests support key ecological functions such as the capacity of the land to sustain plant and animal productivity and ecosystem services. The objective of this study was to model soil total N ...
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Ashraf J. Zaied, Hatim M.E. Geli, Jerry L. Holechek, Andres F. Cibils, Mohammed N. Sawalhah and Charlotte C. Gard
In support of Food-Energy-Water Systems (FEWS) analysis to enhance its sustainability for New Mexico (NM), this study evaluated observed trends in beef cattle population in response to environmental and economic changes. The specific goal was to provide ...
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Pablo L. Peri, Yamina M. Rosas, Brenton Ladd, Santiago Toledo, Romina G. Lasagno and Guillermo Martínez Pastur
Soil total nitrogen (N) stock in rangelands, shrublands, and forests support key ecological functions such as the capacity of the land to sustain plant and animal productivity and ecosystem services. The objective of this study was to model soil total N ...
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Zifei Liu, Yang Liu, James P. Murphy and Ronaldo Maghirang
Prescribed rangeland burning in April is a long-standing practice in the Flint Hills region of eastern Kansas to maintain the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The smoke plumes originating from these fires increases ambient PM2.5 concentrations and...
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Zifei Liu, Yang Liu, James P. Murphy and Ronaldo Maghirang
Prescribed rangeland burning in April is a long-standing practice in the Flint Hills region of eastern Kansas to maintain the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The smoke plumes originating from these fires increases ambient PM2.5 concentrations and potentiall...
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Margaret Mwangi
The study examined the spatiotemporal distribution of drought in the Maasai rangelands of Kenya. The implications of this distribution, in concert with the documented existing and/or projected social and biophysical factors, on critical rangeland resourc...
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Michael Elias, Oliver Hensel, Uwe Richter, Christian Hülsebusch, Brigitte Kaufmann and Oliver Wasonga
Conversion of rangelands into cultivated land is one of the main challenges affecting the management of rangelands in Ethiopia. In order to inform policy makers about trends in land-use conversion, this study examined the drivers, trends, and impacts of ...
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Michael Elias, Oliver Hensel, Uwe Richter, Christian Hülsebusch, Brigitte Kaufmann and Oliver Wasonga
Conversion of rangelands into cultivated land is one of the main challenges affecting the management of rangelands in Ethiopia. In order to inform policy makers about trends in land-use conversion, this study examined the drivers, trends, and impacts of ...
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A. I. MONTERROSO RIVAS,J. D. GÓMEZ DÍAZ,M. L. TOLEDO MEDRANO,J. A. TINOCO RUEDA,C. CONDE ÁLVAREZ,C. GAY GARCÍA
In this paper the concept of Net Primary Productivity (NPP) is used as a way to estimate the capacity of the ecosystem to produce dry matter which may be available for livestock to meet the forage requirements. The method allows the simulation of the pos...
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Nzitonda Marie Mireille, Hosea M. Mwangi, John K. Mwangi and John Mwangi Gathenya
Narok town is one of the places in Kenya which experience catastrophic floods. Many lives have been lost and valuable property destroyed in recent years. Change in land use/land cover upstream of the town area may have contributed significantly to the se...
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Cheng Duan, Peili Shi, Minghua Song, Xianzhou Zhang, Ning Zong and Caiping Zhou
Land use and land cover change (LUCC) is an important driver of ecosystem function and services. Thus, LUCC analysis may lay foundation for landscape planning, conservation and management. It is especially true for alpine landscapes, which are more susce...
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Osvaldo Reyes, Manuel Murillo, Esperanza Herrera, Francisco O. Carrete
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The objective of this study was to determine and compare seasonally the chemical composition, in vitro gas production, in situ degradability and ruminal fermentation of the diet selected by cattle grazing on native rangeland over two years. Diet samples ...
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Kelsey L. Derose, Leslie M. Roche, David F. Lile, Danny J. Eastburn and Kenneth W. Tate
Contamination of surface waters with microbial pollutants from fecal sources is a significant human health issue. Identification of relative fecal inputs from the mosaic of potential sources common in rural watersheds is essential to effectively develop ...
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