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Stochastic Modeling in Range Management

Author : Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590338445
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Stochastic Modeling in Range Management written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although rangelands are one of the most important ecological-economic systems on our planet, researchers thus far have paid scant attention to the study of range management from a theoretical perspective. As such, this book provides a systematic approach to the theoretical study of range management under uncertainty. In particular, the book demonstrates how the theory of stochastic processes and the techniques of stochastic modelling can be used to construct and analyse theoretical models of jointly determined rangelands and thereby shed light on the task of range management. Because specialised grazing systems involving the rotation of animals between pastures have been a major focus of range managers since the 1950s, this book pays considerable attention to questions that arise when specialised grazing systems such as short duration grazing are used to manage rangelands. Specific issues that are analysed in this book include the optimal number of paddocks in short duration grazing, the steady state distribution of animals in short duration grazing. Also, the effect of potential irreversibilities, the choice between the stocking rate and time, herding in ranch operations, and the role of time in range management, is discussed.

Bulletin - Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Author : New Mexico State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin - Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts written by New Mexico State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1986-06 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Natural Resources

Author : Jerry L. Holechek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources written by Jerry L. Holechek and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in focus--and easily accessible to those with limited background in ecology, biology, and economics--this book explores natural resource management "in context" in a functional, applied framework by integrating ecology, history, planning, economics, and policy into coverage of "each" natural resource (renewable living, land-based resources and non-renewable, non-living resources), and by providing a balanced, guarded optimistic view of the most current research and technology's capability to overcome natural resource problems. It offers a rich assortment of examples and visuals throughout. Natural Resources: An Overview. History of Natural Resource Ecology, Economics, and Policy. The Ecological Foundations of Natural Resource Management. An Introduction to Economics. An Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Administration. Atmosphere and Climate. Water Resources. Soils: The Physical Resource. Ecosystem and Landscape. Forests and Forestry. Rangeland and Range Management. Outdoor Recreation. Farmland and Food Production. Urban Land-Use Management. Wildlife Conservation. Fishery Conservation and Management. Biodiversity and Endangered Species. Mineral Resources. Non-renewable Energy Resources. Renewable Energy: The Sustainable Path to a Secure Energy Future. Economic Systems. Natural Resources and International Development. Integrated Resource Management and Future Issues. For managers on public and private lands, forestors, wildlife biologists, marine biologist, earth scientists, farmers, range, hydrologists, urban planners, environmental scientists, conservation biologists, economists, politicians, and others interested in natural resource management.

Rangelands

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Rangelands written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1973* with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pasture Degradation and Recovery in Australia's Rangelands

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920920555
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Pasture Degradation and Recovery in Australia's Rangelands written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synthesis of the history of climate and grazing in Australia's rangelands.

Drought risk management: a strategic approach

Author : Speed, Robert
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231000942
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Drought risk management: a strategic approach written by Speed, Robert and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico

Author : Raul Valdez
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 162349723X
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Book Synopsis Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico by : Raul Valdez

Download or read book Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico written by Raul Valdez and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world and ranks fifth in biodiversity. Located in the transition zone between the temperate and tropical regions of North and South America, Mexico is an important migratory corridor for wildlife and also provides wintering habitat for several species of bats, monarch butterflies, and temperate North American nesting birds. Mexico faces several challenges to wildlife management and conservation efforts. While there is increased public education and acknowledgment of the valuable benefits wildlife provides, there is still much work to do to incentivize conservation efforts. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that Mexico’s wildlife resources can be a critical component in the rural economic development of the country. Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues. This reference is a valuable tool for wildlife biologists, wildlife management professionals, and anyone interested in conserving Mexico’s wealth of natural resources. By laying out the challenges to conservation research, editors Raul Valdez and J. Alfonso Ortega-S. hope to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across borders.

A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030930783X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we produce and consume food has a bigger impact on Americans' well-being than any other human activity. The food industry is the largest sector of our economy; food touches everything from our health to the environment, climate change, economic inequality, and the federal budget. From the earliest developments of agriculture, a major goal has been to attain sufficient foods that provide the energy and the nutrients needed for a healthy, active life. Over time, food production, processing, marketing, and consumption have evolved and become highly complex. The challenges of improving the food system in the 21st century will require systemic approaches that take full account of social, economic, ecological, and evolutionary factors. Policy or business interventions involving a segment of the food system often have consequences beyond the original issue the intervention was meant to address. A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System develops an analytical framework for assessing effects associated with the ways in which food is grown, processed, distributed, marketed, retailed, and consumed in the United States. The framework will allow users to recognize effects across the full food system, consider all domains and dimensions of effects, account for systems dynamics and complexities, and choose appropriate methods for analysis. This report provides example applications of the framework based on complex questions that are currently under debate: consumption of a healthy and safe diet, food security, animal welfare, and preserving the environment and its resources. A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System describes the U.S. food system and provides a brief history of its evolution into the current system. This report identifies some of the real and potential implications of the current system in terms of its health, environmental, and socioeconomic effects along with a sense for the complexities of the system, potential metrics, and some of the data needs that are required to assess the effects. The overview of the food system and the framework described in this report will be an essential resource for decision makers, researchers, and others to examine the possible impacts of alternative policies or agricultural or food processing practices.

Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture

Author : Mannava VK Sivakumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540283072
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture written by Mannava VK Sivakumar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural production is highly sensitive to weather and climate-related disasters such as drought, storm and flood. While it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of natural disasters, the resultant disastrous effects can be reduced mitigated through proper planning and effective preparation. This book, based on a gathering of experts in Beijing, discusses ways to reduce the vulnerability of agriculture to disaster and extreme events, both by accurate and timely warning, and by impact-reducing countermeasures.

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Author : Christian C. Voigt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319252208
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World written by Christian C. Voigt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contributors highlight the roles that taxonomy, conservation networks and conservation psychology have to play in conserving this imperilled but vital taxon. With over 1300 species, bats are the second largest order of mammals, yet as the Anthropocene dawns, bat populations around the world are in decline. Greater understanding of the anthropogenic drivers of this decline and exploration of possible mitigation measures are urgently needed if we are to retain global bat diversity in the coming decades. This book brings together teams of international experts to provide a global review of current understanding and recommend directions for future research and mitigation.

Desert Puma

Author : Kenneth A. Logan
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910583
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Desert Puma written by Kenneth A. Logan and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and conservationists are beginning to understand the importance of top carnivores to the health and integrity of fully functioning ecosystems. As burgeoning human populations continue to impinge on natural landscapes, the need for understanding carnivore populations and how we affect them is becoming increasingly acute.Desert Puma represents one of the most detailed assessments ever produced of the biology and ecology of a top carnivore. The husband-and-wife team of Kenneth Logan and Linda Sweanor set forth extensive data gathered from their ten-year field study of pumas in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico, also drawing on other reliable scientific data gathered throughout the puma's geographic range. Chapters examine: the evolutionary and modern history of pumas, their taxonomy, and physical description a detailed description and history of the study area in the Chihuahua Desert field techniques that were used in the research puma population dynamics and life history strategies the implications of puma behavior and social organization the relationships of pumas and their preyThe authors provide important new information about both the biology of pumas and their evolutionary ecology -- not only what pumas do, but why they do it. Logan and Sweanor explain how an understanding of puma evolutionary ecology can, and must, inform long-term conservation strategies. They end the book with their ideas regarding strategies for puma management and conservation, along with a consideration of the future of pumas and humans. Desert Puma makes a significant and original contribution to the science not only of pumas in desert ecosystems but of the role of top predators in all environments. It is an essential contribution to the bookshelf of any wildlife biologist or conservationist involved in large-scale land management or wildlife management.

Economic Costs of Drought and Rice Farmers' Coping Mechanisms

Author :
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN 13 : 9712202127
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Economic Costs of Drought and Rice Farmers' Coping Mechanisms written by and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Dimensions of Climate Change

Author : Robin Mearns
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821381423
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Social Dimensions of Climate Change written by Robin Mearns and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical enviornment interact with socioeconomic systems. This book brings together the latest knowledge on the consequences of climate change for society and how best to address them.

Wildlife Science

Author : Timothy E. Fulbright
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420007610
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Wildlife Science written by Timothy E. Fulbright and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciously or not, wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis, although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications of that theory. In practice, the predictions of the practitioners sometimes prove more accurate than those of the theoreticians. Practitioners and theoreticians need to work together, but this proves di

Adapting to Drought

Author : Michael Mortimore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521323123
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Adapting to Drought written by Michael Mortimore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-03-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. It describes the patterns of adaptive behaviour observed among Hausa, Ful'be and Manga communities in response to recurrent drought in the 1970s and 1980s. The question of desertification is explored in an area where the visible evidence of moving sand dunes is dramatic blame are examined in relation to the field evidence. A critique is offered of deterministic theories and authoritarian solutions. Professor Mortimore demonstrates a parallel between the observable resilience of semi-arid ecosystems and the adaptive strategies of the human communities that inhabit them and suggests policy directions for strengthening that resilience.

Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes

Author : Kathleen A. Galvin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402049064
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes by : Kathleen A. Galvin

Download or read book Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes written by Kathleen A. Galvin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-12 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With detailed data from nine sites around the world, the authors examine how the so-called ‘fragmentation’ of these fragile landscapes occurs and the consequences of this break-up for ecosystems and the people who depend on them. ‘Rangelands’ make up a quarter of the world’s landscape, and here, the case is developed that while fragmentation arises from different natural, social and economic conditions worldwide, it creates similar outcomes for human and natural systems.