In this study, a land use/land cover change analysis method was developed to examine patterns of land use/land cover conversions of cropland to urban uses and conversions of rangeland to cropland uses in the United States (US) Midwest region. We used the US 2001 and 2006 National Land Cover Datasets (NLCD) for our spatial analyses of these conversion trends. Our analysis showed that the eastern...

one of the key factors in managing a rangeland is to determine the relative preference of its major plant species by thegrazing livestock. preference value of each plant species is affected by plant type, companion plants, availability byanimals, phenological stage, climate condition, and the livestock species. we investigated the grazing behaviour of anative goat (garizi) in the steppe rangela...

Miombo woodlands sustainability in east and south-central Africa is threatened by human activities, including overgrazing. This study investigated seasonal variations rangeland condition three grazed areas miombo eastern Tanzania. Transect lines were established across the grazing areas, sampling points identified marked at every 10% of length transect line. Sampling categorised different dista...

CARMA (CAse-based Range Management Adviser) is a system that integrates case-based reasoning with model-based reasoning for rangeland pest management. CARMA’s predictions of rangeland forage loss by grasshoppers were compared to predictions by 15 expert entomologists using either global or case-specific adaptation weights. Under both conditions, CARMA’s predictions were more accurate than CARMA...

The extent of early successional vegetation communities is declining worldwide. Sometimes species use associated with anthropogenic development (e.g., rangeland, cropland, transportation corridors, aggregate mines), given that, at face value, these ecosystem types can share many the same characteristics lack mature trees). This may have a negative impact on species’ health by lowering access to...

In Mexico, the concepts of rangeland site and condition are not well known. For this reason, most rangelands private ranches on high plateau San Luis Potosí Zacatecas undergoing a process severe generalized deterioration. The purpose study was to survey characterize multi-branched sites three beef cattle Potosí-Zacatecas High Plateau, as assess their using quantitative ecological method complem...