Search Results - "Mountaineering"

Experience gained in the research-to-development continuum: livestock research for sustainable livelihoods in the East African mountains by Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…The east African mountain region provides living testimony to what can go wrong when the traditional balance between people, their habitat and the socio-economic context breaks down. …”
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Introducing environmental thresholds into water withdrawal management of mountain streams in the Kura River Basin, Azerbaijan by Abbasov, R.K., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…The study aims to set and implement environmentally relevant limits for the exploitation of mountain streams in the Kura River basin of Azerbaijan. …”
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Diagnosis and correction of soil nutrient problems of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the Usambara mountains of Tanzania by Smithson, James Brady, Edje, O.T., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Stages in the diagnosis of an interveinal leaf chlorosis in bean in the Usambara Mountains of northern Tanzania are described. Leaf tissue analysis, soil analysis, a 25 factorial trial with treatments of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, the trace elements copper and zinc and lime at one location and data from a series of 43 factorial trials of N, P and K demonstrated the leaf condition to be due to potassium deficiency. …”
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Challenging the mainstream understanding about beliefs and cultural aspects of natural resource management in mountain areas by Taddese, G.

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Sediment trap efficiency of paddy fields at the watershed scale in a mountainous catchment in northwest Vietnam by Slaets, J.I.F., Schmitter, Petra S., Hilger, T., Vien, T.D., Cadisch, Georg

“…Composite agricultural systems with permanent maize cultivation in the uplands and irrigated rice in the valleys are very common in mountainous southeast Asia. The soil loss and fertility decline of the upland fields is well documented, but little is known about reallocation of these sediments within the landscape. …”
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Land use change in the bale mountains eco-region of Ethiopia: Drivers, impacts and future scenarios by Chibssa, W., Flintan, Fiona E.

“…Livestock has been an integral part of the Bale Mountains Eco-Region landscape for many centuries. …”
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Diversity in proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) landraces collected from Himalayan mountains of Nepal by Ghimire, K.H., Joshi, B.K., Dhakal, R., Sthapit, B.R.

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Studies on forest landscape restoration in hilly and mountainous regions of Asia and Africa – an introduction to the Special Issue by Putzel, L., Baral, H., Zhang, K., Artati, Y., Cronkleton, P.

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The determinants of dietary diversity and nutrition: ethnonutrition knowledge of local people in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania by Powell, B., Kerr, R.B., Young, S.L., Johns, T.

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The contribution of bamboo to household income and rural livelihoods in a poor and mountainous county in Guangxi, China by Hogarth, N.J, Belcher, B.

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Human impacts on forest structure and species richness on the edges of a protected mountain forest in Uganda by Sassen, M., Sheil, D.

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Trechisibus apukhapiensis sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Trechinae) from southeastern Andean mountains of Peru by Ruiz Tapiador, Ildefonso, Delgado Mamani, Pedro Ernesto

“…A new species of ground beetle, Trechisibus (Trechisibiodes) apukhapiensis sp. n. from the Andean Mountains of southeastern Peru is described based on specimens collected in the Apu Khapia Mountain, 4 462 m. (16° 20' 41'’ S, 68° 08' 57'’ W), Puno region. …”
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Renewable electricity production in mountain regions: toward a people-centered energy transition agenda by Scott, Christopher A., Khaling, Sarala, Shrestha, Padmendra P., Riera, Felix Sebastián, Choden, Kinley, Kasvi, Singh

“…Considering governance, finance, individual and collective action, and science and technology dimensions of the transition challenge, recommendations for policymakers, mountain communities, and practitioners are made. These include setting up clear and effective policy measures, programs, and incentives to support energy transition plans and help mountain communities and energy practitioners to fully embrace the transition. …”
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Endangered ethnobotanical information and germplasm from the Talamanca Mountain in Panama and Costa Rica: final report by Hazlett, D.L.

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Finding threatened forest areas in the Central Volcanic Mountain Range Conservation Area in Costa Rica by Pedroni, Lucio, Imbach, Pablo A., Rodríguez, J.

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Bhutan’s Forests through the Framework of Ecosystem Services: Rapid Assessment in Three Forest Types by Sears, R., Choden, K., Dorji, T., Dukpa, D., Phuntsho, S., Rai, P.B., Wangchuk, J., Baral, H.

Subjects: “…mountain areas…”
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Agricultural land is the main source of stream sediments after conversion of an African montane forest by Stenfert Kroese, J., Batista, P.V.G., Jacobs, S.R., Breuer, Lutz, Quinton, J.N., Rufino, Mariana C.

Subjects: “…mountain areas…”
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Actions and leverage points for ecosystem-based adaptation pathways in the Alps by Bruley, E., Locatelli, Bruno, Colloff, Matthew J., Salliou, N., Métris, T., Lavorel, S.

Subjects: “…mountain areas…”
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Environmental filtering determines patterns of tree species composition in small mountains of Atlantic Central African forests by Gonmadje, C., Doumenge, C., Sunderland, T.C.H., McKey, D.

Subjects: “…mountains…”
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Forage quality of species-rich mountain grasslands subjected to zero, PK and NPK mineral fertilization for decades by Ineichen, Simon, Marquardt, Svenja, Kreuzer, Michael, Reidy, Beat

“…Fertilization of PK may allow to simultaneously increase forage productivity and maintain forage quality in mountain grasslands.…”
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