The objective of the current study was to determine seasonal changes in glucose, cholesterol, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), serum inorganic phosphorous (SIP), calcium, magnesium and iron concentrations in Nguni and crossbred cattle on the sweet and sour rangelands of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Body weights, body condition scores (BCS) and serum concentrations of energy-rela...

The objective of this paper is to examine the sustainability of rangeland agriculture (i.e., managed grazing) on a world-wide basis, with a focus on North America. Sustainability is addressed on three fronts: 1) ecological, 2) economic, and 3) social acceptance. Based on previous and on-going research, we suggest that employment of science-based rangeland grazing management strategies and tacti...

rangeland plans as an management option is subject that by giving range to beneficiaries beneficiaries will be identified in the plans whit specific programs. the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the performance of rangelands schemes and consequently to rank the projects in razavi khorasan by identified factors. six original schemes in razavi khorasan were selected for thi...

iran is located in dry belt of the earth and always involved with drought in different sections. drought has already caused many losses to natural plant cover, agriculture and human society. for drought monitoring, we can use some drought indecies. in this research, the standard index of annual precipitation)siap),sandardized precipitation index (spi) and palmer drought severity index (pdsi) we...

Texture measures are commonly used to increase the number of input bands in order to improve classification accuracy, especially for panchromatic or true colour imagery. While the use of texture measures in pixel-based analysis has been well documented, this is not the case for texture measures calculated in an object-based environment. Because texture calculations are computer intensive, fewer...