We compared the results of a long-term (65 years) experiment in a South African grassland with the world's longest-running ecological experiment, the Park Grass study at Rothamsted, U.K. The climate is warm and humid in South Africa and cool and temperate in England. The African grassland has been fertilized with two forms of nitrogen applied at four levels, phosphorus and lime in a crossed des...

The emergence of cloud computing, big data analytics, and machine learning has catalysed the use remote sensing technologies to enable more timely management sustainability indicators, given uncertainty future climate conditions. Here, we examine potential “regenerative agriculture”, as an adaptive grazing strategy minimise bare ground exposure while improving pasture productivity. High-intensi...

(2841) Lechea verticillata Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 495. Jun 1797 [Angiosp.: Elatin.], nom. cons. prop. Typus: Ind[ia], 1791, Klein, right-hand plant (B-W barcode B -W 02396 -01 0!), typ. Many authors (e.g., Backer in Van Steenis, Fl. Males., Ser. 1, 4: 203–206. 1951; Verdcourt, Trop. E. Africa, Elatinaceae: 1–5. 1968; Sohmer Dassanayake, Revis. Handb. Ceylon 424–427. 1980; Verdon Jessop, Centr. Aust...

In an astonishingly short time, combinatorial and multiple parallel synthetic methodologies for the synthesis of small drug-like molecules have transformed the practice of medicinal chemistry and are now in general use. Large focused and unfocused arrays of chemicals can now be produced and tested rapidly for the purpose of pharmacological evaluation. Rapid biological assays capable of performi...

Diameter increment of trees typical miombo and acacia woodland was studied during a period 20 years in Kondoa district, Tanzania. The study performed permanent plots severely degraded area subjected to considerable restoration efforts. A total 15 species were selected from database collected within project for monitoring the landscape recovery. Growth performance African searched literature com...

•Savanna burning methodologies could generate carbon revenues for many protected areas in Africa•When combined with soil and woody pools the potential is significantly greater•Potential from fire management substantially reduce area funding gaps•Greater investment needed Africa to achieve multiple benefits improved The United Nation’s launched Decade of Ecological Restoration response planet-wi...