S Boukrouh, Y Bouazzaoui, A El Aich, H Mahyou, M Chikhaoui, M Ait Lafkih, O N’Dorma, CL Alados
{"title":"Estimation of standing crop biomass in rangelands of the Middle Atlas mountains using remote sensing data","authors":"S Boukrouh, Y Bouazzaoui, A El Aich, H Mahyou, M Chikhaoui, M Ait Lafkih, O N’Dorma, CL Alados","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2360991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2360991","url":null,"abstract":"In the Middle Atlas rangelands, traditional methods for estimating standing crop biomass are labour-intensive and impractical. Remote sensing offers an initiative for standing crop biomass large-sc...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"387 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of the impact of woody species encroachment on plant species diversity and the livelihood of pastoralists in southeastern Ethiopia","authors":"Abdulhakim Mahmud, Habte Telila, Lemessa Kumsa","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2324866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2324866","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to assess the encroachment of woody plants on the rangelands of the Dallo Manna district of Bale Zone, and their impact on plant species diversity and pastoral livelihoods. Plant da...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141936984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review. Contested Karoo: Interdisciplinary perspectives on change and continuity in South Africa’s drylands","authors":"Suzanne J Milton","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2373074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2373074","url":null,"abstract":"Published in African Journal of Range & Forage Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141936985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From forage to multifunctionality: shifting perceptions of rangeland ecosystem services in the journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa","authors":"Craig D Morris","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2356674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2356674","url":null,"abstract":"Rangelands offer various goods and ecosystem services (ES) besides providing forage for commercial livestock production. An analysis of research published in the journals of the Grassland Society o...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141567691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of sheep grazing on shrub communities at the Afrikaner and Hereford grazing trials at Grootfontein in the Eastern Upper Karoo","authors":"L Hebbelmann, TG O’Connor, JCO du Toit","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2321136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2321136","url":null,"abstract":"In the Nama-Karoo, grazing by livestock is an important driver of Karoo shrub composition. Many different breeds of livestock are farmed in the Nama-Karoo, and the stocking rate varies greatly over...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141532475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robyn E Nicolay, Ntuthuko R Mkhize, Michelle J Tedder, Kevin P Kirkman
{"title":"Fire suppression interacts with soil acidity to maintain stable recalcitrant pyrogenic carbon fractions in South African mesic grasslands soil","authors":"Robyn E Nicolay, Ntuthuko R Mkhize, Michelle J Tedder, Kevin P Kirkman","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2355909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2355909","url":null,"abstract":"Grassland ecosystems have evolved alongside fire, a fundamental element that shapes and sustains their ecological balance. Recent research indicates that carbon produced during pyrogenic events in ...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141528548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two reviews of GrassPro Southern Africa (online app)","authors":"Robyn Nicolay, Sigrun Ammann","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2346338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2346338","url":null,"abstract":"Published in African Journal of Range & Forage Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141567692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L El Hajji, H Azzouzi, M Achchoub, K Elfazazi, S Salmaoui
{"title":"Nutritional improvement of cactus fruit scraps with addition of alfalfa or Atriplex halimus, and comparison of two animal feed preservation methods (silage and solar drying)","authors":"L El Hajji, H Azzouzi, M Achchoub, K Elfazazi, S Salmaoui","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2341726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2341726","url":null,"abstract":"This work aimed to study the effect of adding alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and Atriplex halimus L. on biochemical properties, microbial flora, ferment silage and solar-dried cactus fruit scraps. Al...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141530006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salman D Al-Kofahi, Mohammed N Sawalhah, Ahmad E Abu Dkhineh
{"title":"Vegetation diversity and composition in relation to different grazing intensity levels in an arid environment in Jordan","authors":"Salman D Al-Kofahi, Mohammed N Sawalhah, Ahmad E Abu Dkhineh","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2321606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2321606","url":null,"abstract":"Grazing practices fundamentally shape plant community composition and biodiversity worldwide, more importantly in water-limited environments. This study aimed to investigate plant community composi...","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140799490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The African Baobab","authors":"Sarah M Venter","doi":"10.2989/10220119.2024.2337654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2337654","url":null,"abstract":"Published in African Journal of Range & Forage Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":50841,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Range & Forage Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140592815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}