Restoration and revegetattion of rangeland ecosystems is based on knowledge of abiotic and biotic interactions that affect plant establishment. Once plants become autotropbic, interactions within and between plant species may occur and these interactions may range from antagonistic to mutualistic. This full range of potential interactions needs to be considered to ensure successful revegetation...

Agricultural practices, including habitat alteration and application of agricultural chemicals, can impact wildlife resulting in their decline. Determining which of these practices are contributing to declines is essential if the declines are to be reversed. In this study, the health of two geographically separated sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) populations was compared between a rangeland envi...

Comparing Actual and Potential Productions of Rangeland Ecosystems Kohgiluyeh Boyer-Ahmad Province in Different Conditions

Analysis of Barriers and Challenges Rangeland Management (Case Study: Rangelands Kermanshah province)

rangeland health assessment provides qualitative information on ecosystemattributes. we examined changes in rangeland health in the zagros semi-arid rangelands ofiran at fixed sites between 2001 and 2011, over the 10-year period. the rangelandfragments significantly declines in the quality of the vegetation, and changes in plantspecies were driven largely by seasonality, and to a lesser extent,...

Instead of traditional mathematical notation, we can describe formal mathematical systems in visual form. While traditional notation uses a linear sequence of symbols, visual mathematics uses boundary notation, which is comprised of objects and boundaries to enclose objects. Boundary notation is abstract, decoupling the underlying mathematics of a system from its visual representation. Once a s...

Traditional GVF snake model has enlarged capture range and improved the convergence capability for boundary concavities, but it cannot efficiently solve the convergence problem for an image with deep boundary concavities and high noise. In this paper, by integrating the region force derived from the region information of interested object in an image into the force balance equation, a novel sna...

Adaptive management is an approach to natural resource management that uses structured learning to reduce uncertainties for the improvement of management over time. The origins of adaptive management are linked to ideas of resilience theory and complex systems. Rangeland management is particularly well suited for the application of adaptive management, having sufficient controllability and redu...