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Karaktäristika hos säsongsmigration by Berg, Erik

“…Syftet var att kvantitativt beskriva individuella variationer i hemområdesstorlek och nyttjandet av förflyttningsstrategierna migration, spridning, sedentism och nomadism. Metoden som användes var Net Squared Displacement där data anpassades mot icke-linjära modeller som motsvarade respektive strategi. …”
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Innovative grassland management systems for environmental and livelihood benefits by Kemp, David R., Guodong, Han, Xiangyang, Hou, Michalk, David L., Fujiang, Hou, Jianping, Wu, Yingjun, Zhang

“…Grasslands occupy 40% of the world’s land surface (excluding Antarctica and Greenland) and support diverse groups, from traditional extensive nomadic to intense livestock-production systems. Population pressures mean that many of these grasslands are in a degraded state, particularly in less-productive areas of developing countries, affecting not only productivity but also vital environmental services such as hydrology, biodiversity, and carbon cycles; livestock condition is often poor and household incomes are at or below poverty levels. …”
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Non-timber forest products and trade in eastern Borneo by Sellato, B.

“…The author also presents for the northern part ofthe Indonesian province of East Kalimantan a history of trade in these products based on various written (Dutch colonial archives, official Indonesian statistics, local scholarly texts) and oral (interviews with nomadic Punan people, Dayak swidden farmers, Malays in the coastalports, Chinese and Arab traders, middlemen disseminating in land products on international markets) sources. …”
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Comparison of production systems and selection criteria of Ankole cattle by breeders in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda by Wurzinger, Maria, Ndumu, B., Baumung, R., Drucker, Adam G., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Semambo, D.K., Byamungu, N., Sölkner, Johann

“…In Burundi, Rwanda and parts of Uganda, livestock keepers are sedentary and herds are small, whereas in the other areas Ankole cattle are kept in large herds, some of them still under a (semi-)nomadic system. Milk is the main product in all areas, and is partly for home consumption and partly for sale. …”
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The impact of abandoned pastoral settlements on plant and nutrient succession in an African savanna ecosystem by Muchiru, A.N., Western, D., Reid, Robin S.

“…We conclude that the perturbation caused by shifting nomadic settlements creates localized nutrient and plant diversity hotspots in savanna ecosystems that remain distinct from the surrounding savanna for decades, possibly centuries.…”
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Flexible Livestock Grazing for Soil and Ecosystem Restoration by Louhaichi, Mounir, Gouhis, Fethi, Kailene, Jamel, Gamoun, Mouldi

“…Restoring rangelands: the art of flexible livestock grazing to restore soil health, ecosystem function and ecosystem services. Nomadic livestock systems have evolved over millennia in response to seasonal rainfall patterns. …”
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Gender and social inclusion impact of climate change, COVID shocks and stresses on agriculture and food systems in Tanzania: The case of Maasai women in Chalinze district by Genda, Elizabeth Lulu

“…The findings shows that Maasai women were facing difficulties caused by climate change long before COVID-19 outbreak due to their nomadic nature, where men migrated with livestock to areas with better pasture and water for livestock— leaving behind women and children. …”
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Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats by Belay, Shumuye, Belay, Gurja, Nigussie, Helen, Jianlin, Han, Tijjani, Abdulfatai, Ahbara, Abulgasim, Mekuriaw, Getinet, Woldekiros, Helina S., Mor, Siobhan M., Dobney, Keith, Lebrasseur, Ophelie, Hanotte, Olivier H., Mwacharo, Joram

“…Ethiopia has 52.5 million goats, ~99.9% of which are considered indigenous landraces deriving from animals introduced to the Horn of Africa in the distant past by nomadic herders. They have continued to be managed by smallholder farmers and semi-mobile pastoralists throughout the region. …”
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The yak by Wiener, G., Ruijun, L., Han Jianlin

“…The yak are the mainstay of livelihood for the nomads on the vast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of western China and adjacent regions. …”
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Integrated participatory approach reveals perceived local availability of wild edible plants in Northwestern Kenya by Termote, Céline, Oluoch, Wyclife Agumba, Whitney, Cory W., Borgemeister, Christian, Schmitt, Christine B.

“…We showed the importance of using an integrated participatory approach when assessing the perception of WEPs’ availability by local communities and could be used in comparable arid and semi-arid areas with semi-nomadic pastoralists across Africa.…”
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The future for wildlife on Kenya’s rangelands: an economic perspective by Norton-Griffiths, M., Said, Mohammed Yahya

“…The briefing paper creates an awareness platform focusing on Kenya's rangelands that are undergoing a fundamental transformation in land use from nomadic, transhumant pastoralism to a more sedentary agro-pastoralism. …”
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Herder-related violence, labor allocation, and the gendered response of agricultural households by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David C., Mitchell, Harrison

“…Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled agricultural communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and natural resources, in part, due to a changing climate. …”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Yabello – Borana, Ethiopia by Onyango, Leah, Mango, Joash, Desta, S., Tezera S, Kurui, Zena, Wamubeyi, B., Mohammed A, Fatuma A

“…It faces inadequate and low quality pasture due to encroachment by bushes, livestock overstocking, and human settlement, all related to a government policy of encouraging permanent settlement of the pastoralists as opposed to the former system of nomadism. The increasing population and the settlement of the community have amplified the need for crop cultivation to complement weakened pastoral production. …”
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Impacts of pastoralists on woodlands in south Turkana, Kenya: Livestock-mediated tree recruitment by Reid, Robin S., Ellis, J.E.

“…We analyzed the impacts of pastoral nomads and their livestock on the recruitment (establishment to first reproduction) of Acacia tortilis, a dominant tree in the dry woodlands of South Turkana, Kenya, where Acacia seedpods make up an important part of livestock diets. …”
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Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan by Islam, Muhammad, Razzaq, Abdul, Zubair, Muhammad, Hassan, Sawsan, Ahmad, Sarfraz, Gul, Shamim, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Louhaichi, Mounir

“…The present study was conducted in Chakwal, an important tract of the Pothwar Plateau, which sustains herds of small domestic and nomadic ruminants. Urbanization and uncontrolled grazing practices have reduced rangeland productivity and increased soil erosion and resulted in poor land conditions. …”
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Rangelands and pastoralism of the Middle-East and North Africa, from reality to dream by Naghizadeh, Nadia, Badripour, Hossein, Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi, Niamir-Fuller, Maryam

“…However, the region’s governments have considered nomadic pastoralism backwards mainly because it was challenging to deliver mobile services. …”
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Herder-related violence, agricultural work, and the informal sector as a safety net by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David C., Mitchell, Harrison

“…Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled—mostly agricultural—communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and resources, in part, due to a changing climate. …”
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Predicted changes in distribution and richness of wild edible plants under climate change scenarios in northwestern Kenya by Oluoch, Wyclife Agumba, Borgemeister, Christian, de Deus Vidal Jr, João, Fremout, Tobias, Gaisberger, Hannes, Whitney, Cory, Schmitt, Christine B.

“…In northwestern Kenya, WEPs are vital dietary components for nomadic pastoral communities with limited access to diverse cultivated food crops. …”
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Characterizing farm households in Khotang, Eastern Nepal, through a quantitative farming systems typology by Zepeda, Adair, Cheesman, Stephanie, Neupane, Nilhari, Shrestha, Nirman, Shrestha, Ram Narayan, Amjath-Babu, T. S., Karki, Saral, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J., López Ridaura, Santiago

“…Over the past centuries, the mid-hills of Nepal have been inhabited and cultivated by nomads, settlers and in the recent decades intensified farming systems. …”
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Managing droughts in the low-rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa by Hazell, Peter B. R., Oram, Peter, Chaherli, Nabil

“…Virtually no scope exists for further expansion of rainfed farming and very little for irrigation, hence there is competition between mechanized cereal production and grazing in the low rainfall areas, and traditional nomadic systems of drought management through mobility are becoming difficult to maintain. …”
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