Resultados de búsqueda - "grasslands"

  1. Synopsis, Economics of land degradation and improvement: A global assessment for sustainable development por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Mirzabaev, Alisher, von Braun, Joachim

    Publicado 2015
    “…Six major biomes that accounted for about 86 percent of global land area in 2001 are covered, including forest, shrub lands, grasslands, cropland, barren land, and woodlands. Thirty-three percent of grasslands, 25 percent of croplands, and 23 percent of forests experienced degradation over the last three decades.…”
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  2. Grasses and the greenhouse effect por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

    Publicado 1990
    “…The vital role played by grasslands in either combating or adding to the greenhouse-effect, has been shown in a study conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). …”
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  3. Protein not limiting factor in ruminant growth por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

    Publicado 1991
    “…A new study carried out in Tanzania has concluded that energy intake is the major limiting factor in the growth of ruminants on semi-arid grasslands in that country, and that, contrary to longheld belief, protein supplements alone are not effective...…”
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  4. Effects of land-use and tsetse fly control on bird species richness in southwestern Ethiopia por Wilson, C.J., Reid, Robin S., Stanton, N.L., Perry, Brian D.

    Publicado 1997
    “…-transmitted trypanosomiasis in the Ghibe Valley, Ethiopia, appears to have accelerated conversion of wooded grassland into cropland. Land conversion, in turn, may have fragmented wildlife habitat. …”
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  5. Effects of livestock grazing on soil nitrogen mineralization on Hulunber meadow steppe, China por Yan, R., Yang, G., Chen, B., Yan, Y., Xin, X., Li, L., Zhu, X.

    Publicado 2016
    “…Soil nitrogen (N) cycling is an important factor in terrestrial ecosystems, including grasslands. Understanding the effects of grazing on nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems is critical for better management and for improving knowledge of the mechanisms underlying grassland degradation and can provide basic information for sustainable development in grassland ecosystems. …”
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