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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"rangeland management"”.
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Modeling the Impacts of Rangeland Management Practices on Flow and Sediment Using SWAT
… achieved through the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) in Ash Creek. Ash Creek is a small un-gauged watershed located in western South Dakota and is a tributary to the Bad River. Watershed characteristics, management information, and weather data was collected for a period of …
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Linking ecosystem services with state-and-transition models to evaluate rangeland management decisions
Rangelands are a major type of land found on all continents. Though they comprise around 70% of the world's land area, knowledge of rangelands is limited and immature. Rangelands supply humans with food and fiber at very low energy costs compared to cultivated lands. They are inherently …
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The Cattle Dung Arthropod Community in Eastern South Dakota: Their Colonization, Impact on Degradation, and Response to Rangeland Management
… of the economy of the Northern Great Plains. Rangeland management is important to ensure that cattle grazing remains not only profitable but also environmentally sustainable. Conventionally managed rangeland systems that practice continuous grazing and repeated applications of chemicals such …
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Using an airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR integrated sensor approach to spectrally discriminate and map savanna bush encroaching species in the Greater Kruger National Park region
… which affects arid and semi-arid savanna rangelands across the world. Bush encroachment has numerous negative and positive impacts on these savanna ecosystems depending on the land use practices and associated rangeland management regimes.
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Sustainable management of semi-arid African savannas under environmental and political change
… dryland degradation and to promote sustainable management options for semi-arid and arid ecosystems in a changing world. Here I particularly address the problem of semi-arid savanna degradation, which mostly occurs in form of woody plant encroachment. At this, I aim at finding viable sustainable …
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Building capacity and integrating training, education and experience: the Fire Learning Network's Prescribed Burn Training Exchanges
… fire is an important tool for forest and rangeland management, but there are barriers to its use, including a lack of qualified personnel with the necessary ecological knowledge and operational expertise. In order to implement prescribed fire across landscapes containing a variety of …
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Determinants of wet season landscape and forage selectivity by cattle on farm Kiamsab West 364, central Namibia
… outweigh effort. These findings inform targeted rangeland management strategies to promote preferred species, emphasizing ii the importance of prioritizing richness, elevation and slope in managing mountainous rangelands
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Assessing wildlife habitat suitability for ecological sites and state and transition models
Wildlife habitat is an important component of rangeland management plans. Unfortunately, there are few practical tools to assist managers in understanding how management and environmental variation affects habitat suitability. Ecological site descriptions (ESDs) have the potential to fill this role …
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Effects of defoliation on regrowth and carbon budgets of three semi-arid Karoo shrubs
… adaptations to environmental constraints. Rangeland management guidelines are recommended within the framework of the observed short-term and long-term defoliation effects on karoo shrub plant production.
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Assessment of environmental and anthropogenic factors that affect movement of sedentary blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in the Kalahari region of Botswana
… movement studies and support the use of SSF’s as management tools to observe how changing habitat conditions affect movement