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Concentration and composition of condensed tannins in leaves from fodder trees and shrubs in Pakistan

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The lack of dependable, high‐quality forage and animal feedstuffs in many areas of the world hampers livestock production. In these regions, farmers often rely on native fodder tree and shrub leaves as a forage source for their animals with little or no information available on nutritional factors of these feedstuffs.
Ishrat Roomi, Wayne E. Zeller, Matt Akins, Azhar Hussain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fincas cafetaleras de la “Costa Cuca” en Guatemala. Patrimonio cultural desvalorizado

RevistArquis, 2016
Tomando como referencia dos casos de estudio ubicados en la región de la “Costa Cuca”, al Sur Occidente del país, se da a conocer la importancia que tienen las fincas cafetaleras para Guatemala y las calidades que poseen para ser consideradas como ...
Javier Quiñónez Guzmán
doaj   +1 more source

Homogenization and impoverishment of taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Eucalyptus plantations

Scientific Reports, 2018
Despite its negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity, tree plantations can contribute to biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes, as they harbor many native species.
F. Martello, Francesco de Bello, M. Morini, Rogério R. Silva, D. R. Souza-Campana, M. Ribeiro, C. P. Carmona   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opportunities to responsible land-based investments in Central Africa [PDF]

, 2013
Large-scale land-based investments in Central Africa are not new, however, the years 2000s have seen a renewed interest in agriculture by foreign investors.
Feintrenie, Laurène
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Understorey plant community and light availability in conifer plantations and natural hardwood forests in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2015
Questions: What are the effects of replacing mixed species natural forests with Cryptomeria japonica plantations on understorey plant functional and species diversity?
Anderson M.C., Boufford D.E., Chang N.H., Chang‐Yang C.H., Chazdon R.L., Chen W.C., Cheng C.T., Chu P.C., Delta‐T, Horng F.H., Hsia Y.J., Kimmins J.P., Kuo S.R., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Kuo Y.L., Liang J.C., Lin K.C., Lin T.C., Liou C.Y., TFB, TFB, TFRI, Wang H.H., Williams H.   +25 more
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Physical and organoleptic characteristics of Limmu coffee landraces, southwestern Ethiopia

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is one of the world's most valuable agricultural commodities, with Ethiopia recognized for producing high‐quality Arabica coffee. Limmu landrace coffees are prized for their distinctive flavor profiles; however, systematic evaluation of their raw and cup quality traits remains limited.
Bealu Girma, Abrar Sualeh, Abdo A. Mecha, Abera Kejela, Zelalem Bekeko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Afforestation reduces fire occurrence in Colombia’s tropical savannas

Environmental Research Letters
Changes in land use, climate, and socio-ecology drive altered fire regimes that in turn reshape global ecosystems. Rapid afforestation with commercial tree plantations is transforming fire-prone savannas and grasslands globally and particularly in ...
Dolors Armenteras, Arnold Garcia-Samaca, Walter Garcia-Suabita, Federico Mosquera-Guerra, Liliana M Dávalos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A checklist of avifauna from Malgaon-Bagayat and Malvan towns of Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016
The present work was carried out in Malgaon-Bagayat (16009’04.35”N & 73033’04.7”E) and Malvan Taluka (16005’00”N & 73030’00”E) of Sindhudurg District.
Mayura Khot
doaj   +1 more source

Are agri-business companies responsible for land grabbing in Central Africa? [PDF]

, 2014
Land grabbing usually refers to the controversial acquisition of a piece of land. As such it is a social concept. It deals with social and cultural use of and access to land, and with land tenure, including customary and legal rights.
Aboubakar Hayatou, Iyabano, Akoa, Stéphane, Dessard, Hélène, Feintrenie, Laurène, Karpe, Philippe, Levang, Patrice, Miaro, Ludovic, Ndong Ndoutoume, Eugene   +7 more
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Seasonal Occurrence of Pine Root Collar Weevil, \u3ci\u3eHylobius Radicis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Red Pine Stands Undergoing Decline [PDF]

, 2017
A trapping scheme was devised for sampling the pine root collar weevil, Hylobius radicis, in mature red pine plantations in Wisconsin. Adult weevils were trapped throughout the 1986 field season, and the method appears sensitive enough to discern ...
Hall, David J, Raffa, Kenneth F
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