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The Relevance of Rest Periods in Rangeland Management for Plant Cover and Species Composition in Tataouine, Tunisia, Spring
In southern Tunisia, rangelands are overexploited because the animal needs highly exceed plant production. For most of the skeletal desert soil, the overall vegetation covering oscillates between 1 and 10%; the perennial ...
Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Aschers: an important sand stabilizer for saline deserts
This factsheet describes the benefits, establishment, management, and effective maintenance of Nitraria retusa. Nitraria retusa, also known as Ghardaq or Sahanoon, is one of the leading halophyte perennial shrubs belonging ...
Managing rangelands: promoting native shrub species: Ziziphus nummularia: a promising forage shrub for silvopasture in arid and semi-arid ecosystems
This is a factsheet about Ziziphus nummularia is one such important shrub species of arid and semi-arid tracts. Continuing to supply foliage over a long time, it plays a vital role in the economy of dryland peoples. It is ...
Managing rangelands: promoting and establishing endangered species: Rhus tripartita (Ucria) Grande: a rare and endangered species with great ecological value
Rhus tripartita is distributed in isolated populations within areas that have an altitude of 10–500 m and receive 100–600 mm of rainfall each year. It is usually found on calcareous soils, but it can grow in a variety of ...
VegMeasure: Image Processing Software for Grassland Vegetation Monitoring
Vegetative inventories, whether they are agronomic, ecologic, range, or forestry, often measure plant cover. Vegetation cover is a fundamental param- eter in many studies of plant ecology. It is used to measure the surface ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable native shrub species: Artemisia herba-alba Asso: a drought tolerant subshrub well known as an aromatic and medicinal species
Artemisia herba-alba is a dwarf shrub which grows rapidly in dry and warm climates. It is found on the steppes of North Africa, the Middle East and south western Europe. The plant is also common in sandy or silty soils and ...
Opportunities and constraints in pastoral and agro-pastoral livestock systems: The ICARDA/ILRI experience
presentation in Animal production in the United Arab Emirates Status and perspectives conference held in
United Arab Emirates. the presentation focused on Opportunities and changes in the livestock sector, the challenges ...
Nutritive evaluation of forage species indigenous to the arid rangelands of Tunisia
The current study was carried out to characterize the nutritive potential in terms of ash, CP, neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber and (ADF) acid detergent lignin (ADL) and the mineral composition of 12 ...
Effect of grass reseeding on dry matter production and species composition of a community rangeland in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
The study was conducted on a community rangeland in Ajeetnagar, Bawarli, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India from 2015 to 2017. The objective was to investigate the effect of reseeding and soil depth on plant biomass production, ...