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Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2016 Rangeland degradation remains a serious impediment to improve pastoral livelihoods in the lowlands of Ethiopia. This review paper presents an overview of the extent of rangeland degradation, explores its drivers, discusses the potential impacts of ...
Mohammed Mussa Abdulahi +2 more
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GrassesHistorical sheep farming in the Patagonian drylands has led to reduced grass cover, soil erosion, and shrub encroachment, compromising ecosystem function.
Braian Vogel +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2016 We developed and evaluated a methodology for subpixel discrimination and large-area mapping of the perennial warm-season (C4) grass component of vegetation cover in mixed-composition landscapes of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Dennis G. Dye +4 more
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Tightly Bunched Herding Improves Cattle Performance in African Savanna Rangeland
, 2018 Rotational grazing approaches are regarded as strategies for sustaining or increasing rangeland productivity, and continue to be applied across many parts of the world.
Odadi, Wilfred O. +8 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aeolian dust source areas are controlled by climate and human activities and are closely associated with land degradation, yet their long‐term evolution under global warming remains insufficiently quantified. An integrated framework that couples a U‐Net segmentation model with Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) was built to map and attribute
Yanyu Li +5 more
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, 2015 Includes bibliographical references.Presented at the Building resilience of Mongolian rangelands: a trans-disciplinary research conference held on June 9-10, 2015 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.The concept of classifying any area into ecological sites ...
Densambuu, Bulgamaa, author +6 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is strategically important in Iran, yet its cultivation in the semi‐arid Zagros is constrained by limited and variable water, heat stress and heterogeneous soils, while conventional suitability assessments are deterministic, rarely validated spatially and provide no measure of confidence.
Ahad Madani, Narges Shafaei Bajestani
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Nature‐based solutions for protected area governance: A systematic review
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NBSs) have been introduced as an effective approach for climate change resilience and a set of actions to conserve, restore and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems, while simultaneously providing benefits to human well‐being and biodiversity.
Ghader Arabi +2 more
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Growth and nutrients content of Atriplex canescens across a soil electric conductivity gradient
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018 Atriplex canescens canopy cover, biomass production, and nutrient content were evaluated after four years of livestock grazing exclusion and mechanical shrub removal, except A.
Miguel Mellado +4 more
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The Role of Rural Communities in Conservation of Rangelands in Mahneshan Township [PDF]
Rāhburdhā-yi tusi̒ah-i rūstāyī, 2016 The aim of this study was to investigate the action of rangeland-depended livestock holders regarding rangeland conservation, including protection and rehabilitation activities and to analyse relevant influencing factors, using a mixed method of survey ...
Kobra Karimi +2 more
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