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Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Prowse, T. A. A. & Johnson, C. N. & Cassey, P. & Bradshaw, C. J. A. & Brook, B. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conservation of terrestrial carnivores is hampered by economic conflicts between predation and livestock production. The dingo Canis dingo is the ...

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Aridity exacerbates grazing-induced rangeland degradation: a population approach for dominant grasses.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Oñatibia, G. R. & Amengual, G. & Boyero, L. & Aguiar, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The current human-induced intensification of grazing pressure and the aridity increase as a result of climate change are unprecedented and have been i...

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Long-term, livestock-mediated redistribution of nitrogen and phosphorus in an East African savanna.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Augustine, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of livestock on African rangelands has been a major focus of recent research, but little attention has been paid to the way livestock affec...

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Rotational grazing can mitigate ecosystem service trade-offs between livestock production and water quality in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 15 Nov 2021

Authors: Hulvey, K. B. & Mellon, C. D. & Kleinhesselink, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mitigating ecosystem service (ES) trade-offs is a key management goal in locations where stakeholders value different and potentially conflicting ecos...

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Modelling patterns of defoliation by grazing animals in rangelands.

Published online: 24 Jun 1994

Authors: Pickup, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Techniques and models for identifying the distribution of grazing by domestic animals in large (>100 km2) rangeland paddocks in arid central Austra...

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A classification of East African rangeland, with an appendix on terminology.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J. & Greenway, P. J. & Gwynne, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A map is given showing the distribution in East Africa of 6 ecological zones denned on the basis of rainfall and evaporation data. Of the vegetation t...

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Gradients in vegetation cover, structure and species richness of Nama-Karoo shrublands in relation to distance from livestock watering points.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Todd, S. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients r...

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Unintended habitat loss on private land from grazing restrictions on public rangelands.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Runge, C. A. & Plantinga, A. J. & Larsen, A. E. & Naugle, D. E. & Helmstedt, K. J. & Polasky, S. & Donnelly, J. P. & Smith, J. T. & Lark, T. J. & Lawler, J. J. & Martinuzzi, S. & Fargione, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management of public lands, and who should have access to them, is often contentious. Most ranches in the western US rely upon seasonal grazing access...

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Testing rangeland health theory in the Northern Great Plains.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Reinhart, K. O. & Rinella, M. J. & Waterman, R. C. & Petersen, M. K. & Vermeire, L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Correctly assessing whether rangeland ecosystem services are stable, improving, or degrading is of global importance. Soil aggregate stability (SAS) i...

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Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Lohmann, D. & Tietjen, B. & Blaum, N. & Joubert, D. F. & Jeltsch, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The complex, nonlinear response of dryland systems to grazing and climatic variations is a challenge to management of these lands. Predicted climatic ...

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