Pastures may act as carbon sources and sinks depending on grazing pressure management practices. Soil organic (SOC) stock its fractions were quantified under 3 different intensities using 5, 10 15 sheep/ha sown, improved natural pastures in the semi-arid tropics of India. Results revealed that after years, pasture had significantly higher particulate (POC ~4.5 g/kg), SOC (~0.53 %), total (TOC~7...

The use of pastures is part of common herd management practices for livestock animals, but contagion between animals located on neighbouring pastures is one of the major modes of infectious disease transmission between herds. At the population level, this transmission is strongly constrained by the spatial organization of pastures. The aim of this study was to answer two questions: (i) is the s...

Conservation and restoration projects involving abandoned cattle pastures pose several challenges. Restoration ecologists recognize that natural restoration is possible, but few species can successfully colonize degraded pastures. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether land colonized by the tree Myracrodruon urundeuva increase the amount of habitat available for bird communities i...

Activities of transhumance ongoing have been mostly carried out in alpine pastures for centuries in Turkey. These pastures used unconsciously have faced to the danger of extinction. In order to implement improvement plans in the mentioned areas, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of pastures should be determined. This study was conducted in the mowed and grazed pastures in alpine zone...

Recent studies on the free-living stages of gastro-intestinal worm parasites of sheep show that their rates of development to the infective stage is slower and the mortality of infective larvae in pastures is lower than was believed hitherto. This, together with findings on the natural regulation of worm populations in sheep,. suggests that worm burdens do not increase through a rapid successio...

Goats (Capra hircus) are widely distributed in Africa and Asia, and are important to the subsistence and economic livelihoods of many people in these areas. The goat feeding system among rural small holder farmers in Buyende district (Uganda) was characterised by determining the goat rearing practices, feed resources fed on by goats and availability of browse species mentioned by small holder f...

Rising temperature, rainfall, and wind regime changes, increasing of frequency intensity extreme events are only some the effects climate change affecting agro-forestry sector. Earth Observation data from satellite missions (often available for free) can certainly support analysis on vegetation, making possible to improve land management in space time. Within this context, present work aims at ...

A s DEFINED by law, the Conservation and Survey Division of the University includes the following state departments and surveys: Service. Its major purpose is to study and describe the state's resources and industries for use and development. Reports of the Division are published in three series, Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletins , Nebraska Geological Survey Papers, and Nebraska Conservation...

The article provides information on the state of natural pastures and methods for improving degraded by overseeding perennial drought-resistant forage crops using resource-saving technologies adapted to conditions global climate change.