This chapter introduces the principal regional grasslands of China, focusing on the geographic and administrative extents, physical conditions, vegetation types, flora, fauna, land-use pattern, and grassland-based animal husbandry for each of the grassland regions at a provincial scale. In addition, ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing on recent advances in expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process to estimate ‘...
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) occur in natural and agricultural soils and contribute to the control of soil dwelling insect pests. Ecosystems differ in their soil parameters (pH, moisture, texture, etc.) and microhabitat conditions (presence of roots, plant cover, belowground fauna, etc.), whic...
Reduction in size of suitable habitat is the most likely factor if the extinction is due to climatic change. Much of North America was covered by a grassland habitat during the last glacial period. As this habitat declined the largest species may have been unable to adapt to the new ...
This first site of the Identidad Madidi expedition is a dramatic landscape dominated by montane pampa grassland. Here, savanna hills rise high and broad from gallery forests, with stark white, angular Brahma cattle scattered across them like piles of old bones. The cattle have been crossbred with...
A total of 1088 samples were collected from different soil depths from sites in the following locations: Australia-Kalgoorlie (21.0 m depth below surface, Gobi yellow brown soil); China-Beijing (28.0 m depth, grassland yellow clunamon soil); China-Wuqing (20.0 m depth, farmland ...
Changes in the Aral Sea ichthyofauna and fishery during the period of ecological crisis. Lakes Reserv. Res. Manag. 2012, 17, 3–9. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Zhang, Q.; Sun, P.; Li, J.; Xiao, M.; Singh, V.P. Assessment of drought vulnerability of the Tarim River basin, ...