A model analysis of climate and CO2 controls on tree growth in a semi-arid woodland G. Li, S. P. Harrison, and I. C. Prentice Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences (SAGES), Reading University, Reading, UK AXA Chair of Biosphere and Climate Impacts, Grand Challenges in Ecosystem and the...

Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi-arid savannas Dave Joubert, Larkin A Powell & Walter H Schacht To cite this article: Dave Joubert, Larkin A Powell & Walter H Schacht (2015) Visual obstruction as a method to quantify herbaceous biomass in southern African semi-arid savannas, African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 32:3, 225-230, DOI: 10.2...

The evaluation of the nutritional value and parameters ruminal fermentation tropical forages is important, aiming at its efficient use in ruminant feeding. This study was developed to evaluate forage accumulation, chemical composition, protodioscin content, digestibility, vitro degradation kinetics different Brachiaria spp. cultivars periods. research carried out semi-arid region Brazil, from A...

encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland David J. Eldridge*, Santiago Soliveres, Matthew A. Bowker and James Val Office of Environment and Heritage, c/o Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Departamento de Biolog ıa y Geolog ıa, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Ex...