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Vegetation and condition of arid rangeland ecosystem in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2018
Saudi Arabia rangeland ecosystems have undergone intense processes of degradation for many decades because of extreme climate and human activities such as overgrazing and socioeconomic changes. In this study, Hail and Qassim Regions of Saudi Arabia covering an area about 79610.73 km2 were selected to study the rangeland vegetation and condition ...
Al-Rowaily, S.R., Assaeed, A.M., Al-Khateeb, S.A., Al-Qarawi, A.A., Al Arifi, F.S.   +4 more
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Diversity of desert rangelands of Tunisia

Plant Diversity, 2018
Plants are important components of any rangeland. However, the importance of desert rangeland plant diversity has often been underestimated. It has been argued that desert rangelands of Tunisia in good ecological condition provide more services than ...
Mouldi Gamoun, Azaiez Ouled Belgacem, Mounir Louhaichi   +2 more
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The challenges of rehabilitating denuded patches of a semi-arid environment in Kenya [PDF]

, 2010
Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands.
Clavel, D., Ekaya, W.N., Francis, J., Kaufmann, R., Von, Mganga, K.Z., Muiri, W.M., Musimba, N.K.R., Mwangombe, A.W., Nyangito, M.M., Nyariki, D.M., Verhagen, J.   +10 more
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Lairage time effect on meat quality in Hereford steers in rangeland conditions [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2019
ABSTRACT This study evaluated lairage time effects on carcass and meat quality traits of Hereford steers. Thirty Hereford steers fed on pasture were assigned to two treatments according to lairage time: 3 h (n = 15) and 12 h (n = 15). Individual temperament was assessed using crush score and flight speed.
Franciely de Oliveira Costa, Gustavo Brito, Juan Manuel Soares de Lima, Aline Cristina Sant’Anna, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa, Marcia del Campo   +5 more
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Rebuilding pastoral social-ecological resilience on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in response to changes in policy, economics, and climate

Ecology and Society, 2018
Economic, policy, and climate changes have profoundly influenced pastoral social-ecological systems on the Tibetan Plateau. Climate change is believed to be leading to increasing extreme weather conditions such as snow disasters and droughts, putting a ...
Gongbuzeren, Lynn Huntsinger, WenJun Li
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Do we need post-tree thinning management? Prescribed fire and goat browsing to control woody encroacher species in an Ethiopian savanna

Pastoralism
Worldwide, bush encroachment threatens rangeland ecosystem services, including plant biodiversity and forage for livestock. Various control methods for encroaching woody species and restoring herbaceous vegetation exist but have rarely been explored ...
Teshome Abate, Teshome Abate, Tesfaye Abebe, Anna Treydte, Anna Treydte   +4 more
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Monitoring spatio-temporal change of rangeland vegetation in Bhutan to inform sustainable rangeland management

Discover Geoscience
Rangelands play a critical role in delivering ecosystem services, including biodiversity conservation, livestock production, and ecological stability in Bhutan’s high-altitude landscapes.
Kabir Uddin, Yi Shaoliang, Bandana Shakya, Srijana Joshi, Tashi Dorji, Ramesh Timilsina, Karma Chorten Dendup   +6 more
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Rangeland degradation and management practice in Ethiopia: A systematic review paper

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Globally, rangeland degradation is a serious environmental problem, especially in pastoral and semi-pastoral areas that are constantly shrinking. Ethiopian pastoralists are highly affected like other parts of Africa due to climate change and other ...
Belay Daba, Siraj Mammo
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Influence of season and rangeland-type on serum biochemistry of indigenous Zulu sheep

Open Agriculture, 2022
There is a paucity of information on the serum biochemistry of indigenous Zulu sheep in different seasons and rangeland type. Twenty clinically healthy Zulu rams aged at least 12 months were selected in different rangeland type, namely, Moist Coast ...
Xulu Thembinkosi G., Ncobela Cyprial N., Kunene Nokuthula W.   +2 more
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Implementation of U.K. Earth system models for CMIP6 [PDF]

, 2020
We describe the scientific and technical implementation of two models for a core set of experiments contributing to the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6).
Abraham, Nathan Luke, Andrejczuk, Miroslaw, Andrews, Martin B., Andrews, Timothy, Archibald, Alex T., de Mora, Lee, Dyson, Harold, Elkington, Mark, Ellis, Richard, Florek, Piotr, Gohar, Laila, Good, Peter, Griffiths, Paul T., Haddad, Stephen, Hardiman, Steven C., Hogan, Emma, Iwi, Alan, Johnson, Ben, Jones, Christopher D., Jones, Colin G., Kelley, Douglas I., Kettleborough, Jamie, Knight, Jeff R., Kuhlbrodt, Till, Köhler, Marcus O., Liddicoat, Spencer, Linova‐Pavlova, Irina, Mizielinski, Matthew S., Morgenstern, Olaf, Mulcahy, Jane, Neininger, Erica, O'Connor, Fiona M., Petrie, Ruth, Ridley, Jeff, Rioual, Jean‐Christophe, Roberts, Malcolm, Robertson, Eddy, Rumbold, Steven, Seddon, Jon, Sellar, Alistair A., Shepherd, Harry, Shim, Sungbo, Stephens, Ag, Tang, Yongming, Teixiera, Joao C., Walton, Jeremy, Williams, Jonny, Wiltshire, Andy, Wood, Richard   +48 more
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