The five-toed jerboas of genus Allactaga Cuvier, 1837 have been distributed in arid and semi-desert regions throughout northern Africa, Iranian Plateau and Central Asia to Mongolia. This genus has 12 species of which five have been so far reported from Iran including, Small Five-toed Jerboa (A. elater), William’s Jerboa (A. williamsi), Euphrate’s Jerboa (A. euphratica); Hotson’s Jerboa (A. hots...

Aim. To determine the trends in precipitation patterns, productivity, and cumulative impact of change air temperature levels on cereal yield, including corn spring barley, throughout vegetation cycle stages. Furthermore, examination alterations climate suitability, crop yield shortfall, their specific characteristics within soil-climatic zones Ukraine during 1981–2010 years Methods. In order to...

Aim. To investigate the variability of alpha-amylase isoenzymes in soft wheat varieties Ukrainian selection, created by breeding institutions located different climatic zones (Forest Steppe and Steppe). Methods. Isoenzymes were detected electrophoretic protein separation a polyacrylamide gel. The fall number on «Falling Number 1700» was determined. Results. For representative assessment distrib...

historical records of cheatgrass Bromus tectorum invasion in North American sagebrush-steppe Sumanta Bagchi*, David D. Briske, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer and X. Ben Wu Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, 2138 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA; USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range and Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University, MSC 3JER, Box 30003, Las Cruce...

The fourth instar larva of Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya is described for the first time and a complete description of the pupa is provided, through use of phase-contrast microscope and scanning electron microscope. Studied specimens were collected in a pond connected to a small wetland "mallin" on the Patagonian steppe, Chubut province, Argentina.

in semiarid regions such as saida, the steppe ecosystem is currently submitted to desertification under the combined effect of human activity and climate change. our study is a contribution to the assessment of the biodiversity of steppe formations through a phytoecological diagnosis at the south zone of the wilaya of saida. to achieve the objective of this study, a methodological approach base...

one of the important factors to make a balance between number of grazing livestock and grazing capacity is whether forage contains sufficient energy and protein during grazing period or not. therefore in this study, forage quality was evaluated for important species in steppe rangelands of changuleh located in ilam province. to do this, samples from four species of hammada salicornia, salsola l...

Dramatic events in human prehistory, such as the spread of agriculture to Europe from Anatolia and the Late Neolithic/Bronze Age (LNBA) migration from the Pontic-Caspian steppe, can be investigated using patterns of genetic variation among the people that lived in those times. In particular, studies of differing female and male demographic histories on the basis of ancient genomes can provide i...

The precise and rapid estimation of grassland biomass is an important scientific issue in grassland ecosystem research. In this study, based on a field survey of 1205 sites together with biomass data of the Xilingol grassland for the years 2005–2012 and the ―accumulated‖ MODIS productivity starting from the beginning of growing season, we built regression models to estimate the aboveground biom...

Soil alkalinisation generally constitutes a major threat to irrigated agriculture in the semiarid regions of West Africa. The improvement of sodic soils is generally difficult and expensive. However, a recent study in the Niger valley in NIGER, reveals that a natural dealkalinisation is possible under natural conditions in a semi-arid climate. Transformation of non-saline sodic soil into brown ...