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Plant species are more important to bacterial community composition than seeding ratio in a pea‐canola intercropping system

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Demand for agricultural land has increased due to rising demand for food, potentially leading to expansion into previously untouched habitats, which threatens refugia of native plants. We aimed to provide insight into how variation in seeding ratio may impact soil bacterial communities in a pea‐canola intercropping system, potentially altering crop ...
Janice M. Parks, Braeden J. Stiffler, Maren L. Friesen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of research to inform California's climate scoping plan: Agriculture and working lands

California Agriculture, 2017
Agriculture in California contributes 8% of the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To inform the state's policy and program strategy to meet climate targets, we review recent research on practices that can reduce emissions, sequester carbon and ...
Ryan Byrnes, Valerie Eviner, Ermias Kebreab, William R. Horwath, Louise Jackson, Bryan M. Jenkins, Stephen Kaffka, Amber Kerr, Josette Lewis, Frank M. Mitloehner, Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Kate M. Scow, Kerri L. Steenwerth, Stephen Wheeler   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate‐smart land management: Greenhouse gas outcomes and social and economic pathways to adoption

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. Because land management is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate‐smart management practices are being implemented to reduce net emissions while sustaining yields.
Kristina Bartowitz, Janice Parks, Danielle Berardi, Julia Smith, Kristin Haltinner, Alexander Maas, Ashley Ballantyne, Laura Laumatia, Dewan Al Rafi, Eric Walsh, Dianne Baumann, Nick Koenig, Laurel Lynch, Tara Hudiburg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Battle over Pastures: The Hidden War in Afghanistan

Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2013
Rangelands (‘pastures’) constitute a large and valuable natural resource in Afghanistan. Millions of rural people shape their agro-pastoral or pastoral livelihoods around this asset.
Liz Alden Wily
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways for Value Chains to Strengthen Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: A European Cross‐Case Analysis Based on Stakeholders' Perceptions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mountain areas are hotspots of high natural and cultural value, but they face sustainability challenges. This research offers a quantitative cross‐case analysis of 21 case studies from mountain regions across 14 European countries, examining how local stakeholders perceive the contribution of mountain value chains to sustainable development ...
María Mar Delgado‐Serrano, Macario Rodríguez‐Entrena, Anastasio J. Villanueva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kimberley Rangelands Biosecurity Association Invasive Species Activity Report 2016/17

, 2017
The Kimberley Rangelands Biosecurity Association (KRBA) has an annual Large Feral Herbivore culling program that includes feral donkeys, horses and camels with other animals such as water buffalo and pigs targeted when located.
Kimberley Rangelands Biosecurity Association
core   +2 more sources

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

The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation Morphological Characteristics and Essential Oil Component of 2 Ecotypes of Watermint (Mentha aquatica L.)

Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2012
Background: The Mentha spices can growth and adaptation with different climatology.   Objective: This research was performed to investigate adaptation, suitable growth period, identification of suitable agronomy characters and identification of ...
B Abbaszadeh, MB Rezaee, M Layegh haghighi   +2 more
doaj  

Optimized Stratification for Mapping Riparian Vegetation in Arid and Semiarid Environments

Remote Sensing, 2019
This paper describes a method of mapping riparian vegetation in semi-arid to arid environments using the Landsat normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The method successfully identified a range of riparian community types across the entire state
Kenneth C. McGwire
doaj   +1 more source