Short-Term Monitoring of Rangeland Forage Conditions with AVHRR Imagery [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2002 A study was conducted to determine the potential of using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery to monitor short-term changes in rangeland forage conditions on a regional scale. Forage biomass and nitrogen concentration were estimated at 6 study sites throughout a typical grazing season (April to October). Study sites were located in
David P. Thoma +6 more
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Monitoring and Mapping rangeland health using remote sensing and GIS methods: A case study in the foothill Artemisia-ephemeral rangeland region in Samarkand [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis paper describes the use of NDVI analysis to assess the health condition of the rangeland in a specific study area. NDVI values were used to determine the vegetation cover and its condition by dividing the values into different classes based on field
Muminov Mahmud A. +8 more
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A Review of Sensor Technologies Applicable for Domestic Livestock Production and Health Management
Advances in Agriculture, 2022 The world is running for the digitalization of social, economic, and political endeavors. As the world is getting into technologies of various streams of development, agriculture, especially livestock production, is also one of the areas of development ...
Bimrew Asmare
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Testing the orthodoxies of land degradation policy in Swaziland [PDF]
, 2009 This paper explores Swaziland's National Action Programme (NAP) to combat desertification; the country's main strategy for implementing the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Stringer, L.C.
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An Integrative Approach to Rangeland Condition and Capability Assessment [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 1992 A comprehensive system has been designed to serve as a basis for rangeland condition and grazing capacity assessment. It is important that research information and knowledge be transferred to land managers in the most usable form. An approach has therefore been developed by which different computer technologies are combined to produce a unique and user
O. J. H. Bosch, J. Booysen
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Determination of vegetation properties of the Karaören village rangeland in Eskişehir province
Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2018 This research was conducted in Karaören Village Rangeland, during the vegetation period of 2016. The Karaören Village is located within Eskişehir/Seyitgazi district boundaries and its average altitude about 1050 meters and slope is about 8%.
Ahmet Alper BABALIK, Ali ERCAN
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A research on the hay yield and botanical composition of the Zengi Rangeland in Isparta
Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2015 This research was conducted in Zengi Rangeland, in the vegetation period of 2012. The Zengi Rangeland is located within Isparta/Sütçüler district boundaries and its average altitude about 1280 meters and slope is about 5%.
Ahmet BABALIK, Hilmi SARIKAYA
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Assessment of rangelands condition in low rainfall savannah of Sudan [PDF]
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021 Vegetation measurement was conducted on the rangelands of Western Darfur State at Zalingei locality at late rainy season of 2015 and 2016. The purpose of the study was to assess range condition through determining forage production and herbaceous cover at western part of Zalingei town.
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Implementing a resilience‐based management system in Mongolia's rangelands
Ecosphere, 2023 A primary challenge in advancing sustainability in rangelands and drylands is the lack of governance systems that are linked to information about highly variable ecosystem conditions.
Burmaa Dashbal +8 more
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Ecological relationships between poisonous plants and rangeland condition: A Review [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2002 In the past, excessive numbers of livestock on western U.S. rangelands, reoccurring droughts, and lack of management resulted in retrogression of plant communities. Poisonous plants and other less palatable species increased with declining range condition and livestock were forced to eat these poisonous species because of a shortage of desirable forage,
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