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Grasses and grazers in arid rangelands: Impact of sheep management on forage and non-forage grass populations
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2019-04-01)
Ecological modeling that includes plant population processes as a critical determinant of vegetation dynamics is useful for sustainable rangeland management. However, we know little about how long-term sheep grazing pressure ...
Plant traits contributing to the performance of native and introduced rangeland grasses in arid Argentina
(Nova Science Publishers, 2013)
Rangelands from central Argentina characterize by insufficient warm-season, palatable perennial grasses to domestic livestock. Two palatable and water-stress tolerant cultivars ("Magnar" and "Trailhead") of Leymus cinereus ...
Litter quality of C3 perennial grasses and soil inorganic nitrogen in a semi-arid rangeland of central Argentina
(elsevier, 2008-09)
The study was undertaken to quantify litter quality of six C3 perennial grasses and species effects on soil inorganic nitrogen (N) in a semiarid rangeland of central Argentina. Leaf litter and roots were analyzed for N, ...
Restoration of palatable grasses: A study case in degraded rangelands of central Argentina
(Academic Press Ltd-elsevier Science Ltd, 2008-10)
Restoration of palatable grasses on degraded rangelands dominated by unpalatable grasses in central Argentina is limited by low availability of seeds and safe sites for seedling establishment. The objective of our study ...
Greenhouse gas emissions from beef grazing systems in semi-arid rangelands of central Argentina
(MDPI, 2018-11)
The livestock sector can be a major contributor to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within the sector, beef production produces the largest proportion of the livestock sector’s direct emissions. The objective ...
Regional forage production assessment in arid and semi-arid rangelands - A step towards social-ecological analysis
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2012-08)
Many of the complex issues worldwide regarding environmental management and sustainable develo-pment require integrating the social and natural sciences. Nevertheless, while theoretical discussions have been increasingly ...
Determinant factors of economic performance of goat meat production systems in arid rangelands of Mendoza, ArgentinaFactores determinantes del rendimiento económico de los sistemas de producción de caprinos para carne en pastizales naturales áridos de Mendoza, Argentina
(Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, 2017-03)
This study identified and quantified the relevance of the variables affecting the annual incomeof meat goat production systems in arid rangelands of north-eastern Mendoza plain. It washypothesized that the number of kid ...
Grazing pressure interacts with aridity to determine the development and diversity of biological soil crusts in Patagonian rangelands
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019-10)
Grazing is directly related to land degradation and desertification in global drylands. Grazing impacts on vascular plants, reasonably well-known, depend on its intensity and are modulated by local aridity conditions. ...
Socio-ecological assessment of threats to semi-arid rangeland habitat in Iran using spatial models and actor group opinions
Key to the sustainable management of rangelands is identifying socioeconomic and ecological threats to the structure and function of historically grazed ecosystems. We studied how recent anthropogenic factors associated ...