In Brazil, 60% to 80% of cultivated pastures show some degradation level. Thus, the objective was evaluate variability horizontal structure and biomass Massai grass in an agropastoral system as a diagnosis degraded pasture. We performed georeferencing 12m × 13m mesh, totaling 48 sampling stations, evaluated grass's structural characteristics at each station. submitted data descriptive statistic...

In Mediterranean agropastoral areas, land abandonment is a key driver of wildfire risk as fuel load and continuity increase. To gain insights into the potential impacts on in fire-prone fire-spread modeling approach to evaluate variations induced by different spatial patterns percentages was applied. The study carried out 1200 km2 area located north-western Sardinia (Italy) mostly covered herba...

Water supply for drinking and agricultural purposes in semi-arid regions is confronted with severe drought risks, which impact socioeconomic development. However, early forecasting of indices crucial water resource management to implement mitigation measures against its consequences. In this study, we attempt develop an integrated approach forecast the hydrological a zone ensure sustainable agr...

Livestock are an important source of livelihoods in agricultural systems sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), while also being the largest national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions most African countries. As a consequence, there is critical need for data on livestock GHG sources and sinks to develop inventories, as well conduct baseline measurements intervention testing mitigate meet ambitious climate goals...

Since their domestication, dogs have adapted to a diverse portfolio of roles within human societies, and changes in dog size, shape, behavior are often key indicators these changes. Among pastoral agropastoral societies almost ubiquitous as livestock guardians herding aids. Archaeological data demonstrate that incoming Neolithic farmers brought with them own morphologically distinct when they s...

Equines are minor species in Tanzania's array of domestic livestock. Attempts to use them for transport by early explorers from the mid-nineteenth century usually failed. Donkeys were used extensively as pack animals to complement human porters by both British and German forces in the First World War, but their advantages were often outweighed by slow progress and competition with troops and po...

Vector-borne diseases are principally zoonotic diseases transmitted to humans by animals. Pathogens such as bacteria, parasites and viruses are primarily maintained within an enzootic cycle between populations of non-human primates or other mammals and largely non-anthropophilic vectors. This 'wild' cycle sometimes spills over in the form of occasional infections of humans and domestic animals....