Rangeland Ecology Management And Conservation Benefits

Author : Victor R. Squires
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Pasture ecology
ISBN : 1634825047

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Rangeland Ecology, Management and Conservation Benefits by Victor R. Squires Pdf

Written by seventeen experts in the field of rangeland management, this compilation of essays brings to light the latent issues concerning this subject to readers all over the globe. Though technical approaches can address some issues, social processes ultimately prevent the balancing of these matters. Socio-economic and political institutions are often a stumbling block for improving rangeland management. Human intervention (such as burning and grazing) have been used as rehabilitation efforts to address reverse land degradation problems. It is also hoped that these methods will bring about ecological restoration for more than 30 percent of the world's land mass and provide living conditions for 1 billion people across every inhabited continent. Multiple-use has become an important factor in the last few decades, especially when discussing global climate change. The extensive bibliography we provide will give researchers, members of academia and policy makers' contemplative subject matter; they may access multi-lingual literature that give insight into the issues concerning rangeland situations.

Author : Harold Heady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429966392

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Rangeland Ecology And Management by Harold Heady Pdf

The science of range management, like many other resource disciplines, has embraced and integrated environmental concerns in the field, the laboratory, and policy. Rangeland Ecology and Management now brings this integrated approach to the classroom in a thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and readable text. The authors discuss the basics of ran

Author : David D. Briske
Publisher : Springer
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319467092

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Rangeland Systems by David D. Briske Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.

Author : Johan T. du Toit,Richard Kock,James Deutsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444317107

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Wild Rangelands by Johan T. du Toit,Richard Kock,James Deutsch Pdf

Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands,shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of theworld’s livestock, while also providing habitats for some ofthe most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines thepressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use,over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestockand crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from allcontinents to cover the ecological, sociological, political,veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners and students ofrangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity ofperspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands? The first book to examine rangelands from a conservationperspective Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people andlivestock, and wildlife Written by an international team of experts covering allgeographical regions Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, andeconomic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservation,providing a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a singlevolume

Author : National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Rangeland Classification
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309048798

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Rangeland Health by National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Rangeland Classification Pdf

Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.

Author : Canadian Parks Council
Publisher : National Parks Directorate Parks Canada Agency
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : UIUC:30112075777109

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Principles and Guidelines for Ecological Restoration in Canada's Protected Natural Areas by Canadian Parks Council Pdf

Author : Mary Allessio Leck,V. Thomas Parker,Robert Simpson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521873055

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Seedling Ecology and Evolution by Mary Allessio Leck,V. Thomas Parker,Robert Simpson Pdf

Seedlings are highly sensitive to their environment. After seeds, they typically suffer the highest mortality of any life history stage. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the seedling stage of the plant life cycle. It considers the importance of seedlings in plant communities; environmental factors with special impact on seedlings; the morphological and physiological diversity of seedlings including mycorrhizae; the relationship of the seedling with other life stages; seedling evolution; and seedlings in human altered ecosystems, including deserts, tropical rainforests, and habitat restoration projects. The diversity of seedlings is portrayed by including specialised groups like orchids, bromeliads, and parasitic and carnivorous plants. Discussions of physiology, morphology, evolution and ecology are brought together to focus on how and why seedlings are successful. This important text sets the stage for future research and is valuable to graduate students and researchers in plant ecology, botany, agriculture and conservation.

Author : A. C. Grice,K. C. Hodgkinson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0851997538

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Global Rangelands by A. C. Grice,K. C. Hodgkinson Pdf

Although traditionally defined as areas where natural vegetation is exploited for grazing by domestic and native herbivores, rangelands are used by many different people, for a host of purposes. As well as livestock products, rangelands provide fuels, minerals and water and are used for ecotourism, recreation, nature conservation and as carbon sinks. More than half of the earth's land surface is rangeland and millions of people, both within and outside the rangelands, depend on them. This book addresses the important issues confronting the rangelands and presents new concepts and approaches for the management of rangeland resources. It is relevant to the people who live in or depend on the rangelands, and to the institutions and organisations that support them.

Author : Kristie Maczko,Aaron Harp,John Tanaka,Matt Reeves
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000580976

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Rangeland Sustainability by Kristie Maczko,Aaron Harp,John Tanaka,Matt Reeves Pdf

This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions. It takes a fresh look at the information available on current and emerging issues across rangelands, and presents collaborative research for future progress. Authors offer a framework for evaluating rangeland sustainability, the best available data to use, as well as an interactive tool for use at a variety of geographical scales. Readers with limited knowledge of rangelands, as well as professional rangeland ecologists and land managers, will gain an understanding of the best tools available today to assess sustainability across rangeland ecosystems in the U.S.

Author : Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135463205

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Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States by Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano Pdf

The demand for water resulting from massive population and economic growth in the southwestern U.S. overwhelmed traditional uses of riparian areas. As a consequence, many of these uniquely-structured ecosystems have been altered or destroyed. Within recent years people have become increasingly aware of the many uses and benefits of riparian zones a

Author : Agriculture and Resource Management of Australia and New Zealand Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0642546266

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Managing Australia's Rangelands by Agriculture and Resource Management of Australia and New Zealand Staff Pdf

Author : Victor R. Squires,Jürgen Dengler,Limin Hua,Haiying Feng
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351652209

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Grasslands of the World by Victor R. Squires,Jürgen Dengler,Limin Hua,Haiying Feng Pdf

This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest and hottest and the highest and coldest on earth as well as vast steppes and prairies in more temperate climes. It is the story of grasses successfully competing with forests and woodlands, aided and abetted by grazing herbivores and by humans and their use of fire as a tool. It is a story of adaptation to changing climates and the changing biophysical environments. A major focus of the book is the Palaearctic biogeographic realm that extends over some 45 million km2 and thus more than 1/3 of the terrestrial ice-free surface on Earth. It comprises extensive grasslands of different types and origin, which can be subdivided into (1) natural grasslands with (1a) steppes (climatogenic in dry climates), (1b) arctic-alpine grasslands (climatogenic in cold climates) and (1c) azonal and extrazonal grasslands (pedogenic and topogenic) as well as (2) secondary grasslands created and sustained by human activities, such as livestock grazing, mowing or burning. Grasslands of the Palaearctic do not only form a major basis for the agriculture of the region and thus its food supply, but are also crucial for other ecosystem services and host a supra proportional part of the realm’s plant and animal diversity. To reflect that suitability of grasslands for biodiversity strongly depends on their state, we apply the term High Nature Value grassland to those natural grasslands that are not degraded (in good state) and those secondary grasslands that are not intensified (semi-natural). The situation in a variety of countries where grasslands are evolving under the influence of global climate change is also considered. Case studies are presented on Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, India, China, South America, North America and Australia. The concluding chapter examines a set of themes arising from the chapters that make up the bulk of this book. The following provide a focus: recent history of grassland biomes – brief recap of current thinking and recent trends with special reference to dry grasslands in the Palearctic regions; the current status of grasslands and germplasm resources (biodiversity) – an overview; management systems that ensure sustainability; how to recover degraded grasslands; socio-economic issues and considerations in grassland management; the impacts of environmental problems in grasslands such as future climate change and intensification and the problems/prospects facing pastoralists and other grassland-based livestock producers.

Author : María Edith Fernández-Giménez
Publisher : CABI
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1845938968

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Restoring Community Connections to the Land by María Edith Fernández-Giménez Pdf

This book contains 12 chapters providing information on case studies that describe the change, loss, re-emergence and resilience of seven herder communities located in distinct socio-ecological settings ranging from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia to the Tibetan Plateau regions of China's Sichuan and Gansu Provinces. It will be useful for policy makers within international development and conservation policy.

Author : Zhanhuan Shang,A. Allan Degen,Muhammad Khalid Rafiq,Victor R. Squires
Publisher : Springer
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030205911

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Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region by Zhanhuan Shang,A. Allan Degen,Muhammad Khalid Rafiq,Victor R. Squires Pdf

This book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world’s largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock. This edited volume addresses two main questions: 1. Does carbon management offer livelihood opportunities or present risks, and what are they? 2. Do the attributes of carbon financing alter the nature of livelihood opportunities and risks? Chapters analyze the most pressing deficiencies in understanding carbon storage in both soils and in above ground biomass, and the related social and economic challenges associated with carbon sequestration projects. Chapters deliver insights to both academics from diverse disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences and engineering) and to policy makers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Ecological integrity
ISBN : UCLA:L0097468961

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Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by Anonim Pdf

"The protocol described in this technical reference is designed to: be used only by knowledgeable, experienced people; provide a preliminary evaluation of soil/site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity (at the ecological site level); be used to communicate fundamental ecological concepts to a wide variety of audiences; improve communication among interest groups by focusing discussion on critical ecosystem properties and processes; select monitoring sites in the development of monitoring programs; provide early warnings of potential problems and opportunities by helping land managers identify areas that are potentially at risk of degradation or where resource problems currently exist"--P. 1.