Known as the “roof of world”, Tibetan Plateau hosts largest pastoral alpine ecosystem in world. Nevertheless, there is currently no consensus on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stock changes after livestock grazing grassland this region. Here, a meta-analysis was performed based 55 published studies to quantify grazing-induced SOC (0–30 cm) Plateau. The results showed that significantly increased...

During July and August 2004, we used the seawater dilution technique to investigate relationships stratified. Compared with previous observations in the subarctic Pacific and Bering Sea, mixed-layer phytoplankton growth rates were typical (average 0.35d ) while microzooplankton grazing rates were low (average 0.13 d ). Phytoplankton growth rates were strongly nutrient-limited, increasing to an ...

The aim of this study was to assess the process and extent of sedentarisation among Fulani cattle owners in the derived savannah zone of south-west Nigeria. The results, based on a survey of 66 randomly-selected cattle owners, indicate an on-going process of settlement. Previously cattle owners visited the zone for dry season grazing but an increasing number were found to be settling and becomi...

Mixed farming systems involving varying degrees of crop–livestock integration are found in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing population combined with climatic, economic, social, and institutional changes are transforming systems for producing crops and livestock—from systems based on extensive, shifting cultivation and grazing to ones that are more intensively managed and are based o...

chemical composition and metabolizable energy of three camel browsed halophyte species (atriplex leucoclada, suaeda fruticosa, seidlitzia rosmarinus) were assessed and in vitro digestibility of dm (ivdmd), om (ivomd), ndf (ivndfd), adf (ivadfd) were determined using a completely randomized design. plant samples were collected based on camel's grazing patterns during the autumn-winter grazi...