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Simplifying Ecological Site Verification, Rangeland Health Assessments, and Monitoring [PDF]

Rangelands, 2008
Simplifying Ecological Site Verification, Rangeland Health Assessments, and Monitoring DOI:10.2458 ...
Jeffrey E. Herrick, B.T. Bestelmeyer, Keith Crossland   +2 more
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Rangelands and Ecosystem Services: Economic Wealth From Land Health? [PDF]

Rangelands, 2011
Rangelands and Ecosystem Services: Economic Wealth From Land Health?
Richard L. Knight, Jim Thorpe, Lori Hidinger   +2 more
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Innovations to expand drone data collection and analysis for rangeland monitoring

Ecosphere, 2021
In adaptive management of rangelands, monitoring is the vital link that connects management actions with on‐the‐ground changes. Traditional field monitoring methods can provide detailed information for assessing the health of rangelands, but cost often ...
Jeffrey K. Gillan, Guillermo E. Ponce‐Campos, Tyson L. Swetnam, Alessandra Gorlier, Philip Heilman, Mitchel P. McClaran   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Use and Land Cover Change Dynamics and Perceived Drivers in Rangeland Areas in Central Uganda

Land, 2022
Sustainable rangeland management requires understanding the nature of human-ecosystem interactions and local communities’ perspectives regarding evolving changes.
Derick Ansyijar Kuule, Benard Ssentongo, Paul John Magaya, Gordon Yofesi Mwesigwa, Isaac Tom Okurut, Kenneth Nyombi, Anthony Egeru, John Robert Stephen Tabuti   +7 more
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional ecological knowledge based indicators for monitoring rangeland conditions in Thal and Cholistan Desert, Pakistan

Environmental Challenges, 2023
Sustainable range resource management relies heavily on the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of indigenous peoples who have long inhabited the rangelands.
Muhammad Asif, Jamil Hasan Kazmi, Aqil Tariq   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complementary or Competitive? Emerging Interactions Between Restoration and Protection in the Conservation Reserve Program

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski, Tyler Lark, Rich Iovanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining local perspectives on the influence of climate change on the health of Hamer pastoralists and their livestock in Ethiopia

Pastoralism, 2021
This study explores the perceived influence of climate change on the health of Hamer pastoralists and their livestock in south-western Ethiopia. A combination of focus group discussions and key informant interviews were conducted with Hamer communities ...
Samuel Lumborg, Samuel Tefera, Barry Munslow, Siobhan M. Mor   +3 more
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Testing rangeland health theory in the Northern Great Plains [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018
Abstract Correctly assessing whether rangeland ecosystem services are stable, improving, or degrading is of global importance. Soil aggregate stability (SAS) is widely used to infer rangeland health, partly because high SAS is thought to reduce run‐off by increasing infiltration.
Kurt O. Reinhart, Matthew J. Rinella, Richard C. Waterman, Mark K. Petersen, Lance T. Vermeire   +4 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source