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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal mapping the usable space of free‐roaming equids across the western United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Identification of the inter‐decadal (2010‐2011) enhancement‐degradation gradients in the usable space for wild equid Herd Management Areas in the Great Basin, USA. Abstract Management of feral equids in the American West is hindered by the lack of a formal habitat map and monitoring system.
Alexander Hernandez, Eric Thacker, Kaden Patten, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abiotic variables drive different aspects of fish community trait variation and species richness across the continental United States

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Trait distributions provide insight into how niches overlap within a broader trait space. By integrating individual‐level trait observations from different communities, we can explore how facets of trait dimensionality vary across environmental conditions.
Alicia McGrew, Crysta Gantz, Brigid Wills, Benjamin Baiser, Sydne Record, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Angela L. Strecker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Soil Management Practices on Water Erosion under Natural Rainfall Conditions on a Humic Dystrudept

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Water erosion is the main cause of soil degradation and is influenced by rainfall, soil, topography, land use, soil cover and management, and conservation practices.
Vinicius Ferreira Chaves de Souza, Ildegardis Bertol, Neuro Hilton Wolschick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability and the Reallocation of Production Across Grazing Regimes in Livestock Systems: Evidence From Mexico

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes towards more sustainable livestock production are often evaluated in terms of whether farms abandon environmentally harmful practices. Less attention has been paid to how farms reallocate production across alternative grazing systems and how the composition of production evolves over time.
Saúl Basurto‐Hernández, Allan Beltrán, Luis Peña‐Lévano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradation of Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation in a Semi-Arid Rangeland

Remote Sensing, 2016
Land degradation in drylands is the process in which undesirable conditions emerge due to human and natural causes. Despite the particularly deleterious effects of degradation, and it’s potentially irreversible nature, regional assessments have provided ...
Hasan Jackson, Stephen D. Prince
doaj   +1 more source

Data reconciliation in multi‐trait experiments with kinship ordination

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract A central aim in biology is understanding the heritability of traits and how trait interactions contribute to success in diverse environments. Experiments that record multiple traits from individuals of known pedigree or genetic relatedness in distinct environments are key to addressing this aim.
Justin J. Van Ee, Megan L. Vahsen, Diana Gamba, Toby M. Maxwell, Bill E. Davidson, Brynne E. Lazarus, Lauren M. Porensky, Ruth Hufbauer, Matthew J. Germino, Peter B. Adler, Jesse R. Lasky, Mevin B. Hooten   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenarios and strategies for future‐proofing ecosystem management under climatic novelty

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change is driving unprecedented declines in dominant, habitat‐forming foundation species across marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. As climatic novelty becomes the norm, ecosystem reassembly will become increasingly common. Predicting and understanding these transitions, and their implications for future ecosystem functioning ...
Lauren T. Toth, Elizabeth T. Borer, Deron E. Burkepile, Joan Dudney, Nathan P. Lemoine, Julianna J. Renzi, Kathryn E. L. Smith, Travis A. Courtney, Sara A. Goeking, William M. Hammond, David L. Hoover, Sandra MacFadyen, Michael J. Osland, Joseph E. Townsend, Robert Y. Fidler   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eco-hydrological impacts and socio-economic drivers of rangeland degradation due to overgrazing in semi-arid and arid regions: a review [PDF]

Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Global rangelands have experienced severe degradation over the past three centuries due to anthropogenic and climatic pressures. Rapid population growth, urbanization, and socioeconomic transformations have driven widespread overgrazing, threatening both
Mojgansadat Azimi, Khaled Alkhaled, Seyedeh Zohreh Mirdeilami, Hasan Vahid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential for Sustainable Mountain Farming: Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Smallholder Farming in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountains

Mountain Research and Development, 2020
Achieving sustainable food security is a critical goal for smallholder farmers in mountainous regions around the world. In the 40,000 km2 Maloti–Drakensberg mountains (South Africa and Lesotho), one of the important mountain ranges of southern Africa ...
Dolapo Bola Adelabu, Vincent Ralph Clark, Emile Bredenhand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source