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Resham B. Thapa, Roger H. Coupal, Mohan B. Dangi and Peter D. Stahl
Soil degradation due to loss of soil organic carbon is a serious concern in semiarid agroecosystems. Biochar and other organic char products have long been known to increase soil organic carbon. In this study, three-year field observations were carried o...
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Katlego Mashiane, Samuel Adelabu and Abel Ramoelo
The role of biodiversity in improving the primary productivity within terrestrial ecosystems is well documented. Each species in an ecosystem has a role to play in the overall productivity of an ecosystem. Grass species nitrogen (N) estimation is essenti...
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Carlos G. Ochoa, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Jesús A. Prieto-Amparán, Hector R. Garduño, Feng Huang and Carlos Ortega-Ochoa
For this study, conducted in a semiarid (318 mm) rangeland setting in the Chihuahuan Desert region in northern Mexico, we evaluated the seasonal and interannual variability of precipitation, vegetation, and groundwater relations. Between 2012 and 2014, a...
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Carlos G. Ochoa and Mohamed A. B. Abdallah
There is scarce information regarding the interactions between young tree water uptake and the environment in water-limited ecosystems. This study was conducted in a semiarid rangeland ecosystem in central Oregon, Pacific Northwest Region, USA. We measur...
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Steven M. Ostoja, Hyeyeong Choe, James H. Thorne, Pelayo Alvarez, Amber Kerr, Jennifer Balachowski and Julian Reyes
On a global scale, rangelands occupy approximately half of the world?s land base surface; have a critical role in carbon sequestration and biodiversity; and support a diverse and critical economy, but at the same time, are under threat by many factors, i...
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Cesar A. Meza-Herrera, Maria G. Machado-Ramos, Angeles De Santiago-Miramontes, Miguel Mellado, Cayetano Navarrete-Molina, Maria de los Ángeles Sariñana-Navarrete, José R. Arévalo, Oscar Angel-García, Alan S. Alvarado-Espino and Rafael Rodriguez-Venegas
Founded on a circular economy perspective, the possible effect of targeted supplementation with leftover feed from dairy cows (i.e., intensive system) upon the productive economic performance of crossbred?rangeland goats (i.e., extensive system) in north...
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Ying Ouyang, John A. Stanturf, Marcus D. Williams, Evgeniy Botmann and Palle Madsen
Estimation of hydrological processes is critical to water resource management, water supply planning, ecological protection, and climate change impact assessment. Mountains in Central Asia are the major source of water for rivers and agricultural practic...
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Ying Ouyang, Yanbo Huang, Prem B. Parajuli, Yongshan Wan, Johnny M. Grace, Peter V. Caldwell and Carl Trettin
Sediment load in rivers is recognized as both a carrier and a potential source of contaminants. Sediment deposition significantly changes river flow and morphology, thereby affecting stream hydrology and aquatic life. We projected sediment load from the ...
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Daniel E. Martin, Roberto Rodriguez, Derek A. Woller, K. Chris Reuter, Lonnie R. Black, Mohamed A. Latheef, Mason Taylor and Kiara M. López Colón
Grasshoppers are integral parts of rangeland ecosystems but also have the potential to reach population densities high enough (outbreaks) to cause serious economic damage from forage loss and affect adjacent crops. The objective of this study was to inve...
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Ilias Karmiris, Thomas G. Papachristou and Dimitrios Fotakis
Silvopasture, a traditional agroforestry practice, combines the presence of trees, shrubs, herbage, and livestock in time and space to provide multiple ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being. However, the abandonment of traditional agrofo...
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