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Modeling Boran cattle populations under climate change and varying carrying capacity
(Elsevier, 2017-05-24)
Cattle populations in semiarid rangelands are currently facing severe threats due to erratic rainfall and increasing drought frequencies, leading to poor vegetation quality and a consecutive cattle population decline. ...
Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of dry forests under community management in Tigray, Ethiopia
(Springer Open, 2017-06-20)
Introduction: Forests form a major component of the carbon (C) reserves in the world’s ecosystems. However, little
is known on how management influences C stocks of woody vegetation, particularly in dry areas. We ...
Can rangelands gain from bush encroachment? Carbon stocks of communal grazing lands invaded by Prosopis juliflora
(Elsevier Ltd., 2017-06)
Rangeland ecosystems are rapidly declining due to overgrazing and bush encroachment. Little is known about how important bush encroachment is for climate change mitigation. We estimated woody plant biomass at different ...
Rangeland forage availability and management in times of drought – A case study of pastoralists in Afar, Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2017-04)
Many Eastern African rangelands comprise marginal land, where climatic conditions are poor, access rights are increasingly limited, and land degradation is progressing. We conducted participatory land use mapping and ...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services−A case study for the assessment of multiple species and functional diversity levels in a cultural landscape
(Elsevier B.V., 2017-04)
The expansion of large-scale plantations has a major impact on landscapes in the Tropics and Subtropics. Crops like soy bean, oil palm and rubber have led to drastic changes in land cover over the past decades, thereby ...