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Ecosphere, 2021 Land management agencies have collaborated to standardize assessments of rangeland health. These assessments incorporate state‐and‐transition concepts of ecosystem function using ecological site descriptions (ESDs) initially developed to provide ...
Ashley M. Long +3 more
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Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2021 This study was conducted in the pasture of Aslançayırı village (41°00'52" N, 35°38'59" E, 800 m altitude), Havza district of Samsun province, located in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey, to determine the changes in pasture vegetation caused by ...
Tamer YAVUZ , Kadir İSPİRLİ
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Evaluation and comparison of ecological health in three arid rangeland using Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) (Case study: Kalateh Roudbar, Damghan) [PDF]
مدیریت بیابان, 2016 Human pressures on the world’s landscapes are accelerating at unprecedented rates. In response to these pressures, making the need for sustainable landscape management and planning even more urgent.
Khadijeh Rahimi Balkanlou +3 more
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Rangeland Health Attributes and Indicators for Qualitative Assessment [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2002 Panels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating an ecological site's potential to conserve soil resources and by a series of indicators for ecosystem processes and site stability.
David A. Pyke +3 more
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Rangeland health assessment: The key to understanding and assessing rangeland soil health in the Northern Great Plains [PDF]
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2014 A s the science related to soil and rangeland health evolves, so do protocols and assessment methodologies. Rangeland health assessments consist of evaluating how well ecological processes, such as the water cycle, energy flow, and nutrient cycling, are functioning at a site. Maintained ecological functions provide support for specific plant and animal
Jeffrey L. Printz +2 more
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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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Morphometric and morphological analysis of indigenous Matabele goats of Zimbabwe [PDF]
Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2023 This study aimed to characterize Matabele goats based on their qualitative and quantitative traits, to facilitate their genetic improvement and conservation.
Moyo Sizo +3 more
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Changes in Rangeland Condition and Health of Palandoken Mountain Rangelands Over two Decades
Turkish Journal of Range and Forage Science, 2021 Rangeland plant communities respond to environmental changes depending on management practices, climate, topography, and time. The objective of the study was to determine the changes in abundancy of functional plant groups, range condition score, class, and health with different topographical characteristics between 1993 and 2013.
Ali KOÇ +4 more
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Cat Foster Program Outcomes: Behavior, Stress, and Cat–Human Interaction
Animals, 2022 Recent research has demonstrated that cats (Felis catus) have greater social potential and flexibility than was previously assumed. However, many traditional cat care practices have been influenced by the misconception that cats are socially aloof.
Kristyn R. Vitale +3 more
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Vegetation Structure of Natural Rangelands at Two Different Altitudes in Terrestrial Climate Zone
Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2019 This study was conducted in 2018 to determine the vegetation structure of different altitudes of a natural rangeland in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region.
Ferhat KARAMAN, Nizamettin TURAN
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