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(Taylor and Francis, 2020)Miombo Woodland is the major Land use/land cover with important ecological functions in Africa. In Malawi, government-management was designed to manage Woodlands. However, when illegal activities continued, Participatory ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)Variation in floristic composition of recovering Baikiaea–Guibourtia–Pterocarpus woodlands was studied in different development stages (from early regrowth to mature woodland) under different land-use systems (protected ...
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(Elsevier, 2020-12-05)STUDY REGION : Kaleya River Catchment in southern Zambia. STUDY FOCUS : The ability of a landscape hydrology approach to detect controls on water availability in a fragmented landscape to inform interventions under a ...
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(Wiley, 2021-07)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Taylor and Francis, 2021)Available empirical evidence about the impacts of large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) in low-income countries is skewed towards the assessment of economic benefits. How LAIs affect land use and the environment ...
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(Springer, 2023-03)Untreated acid mine drainage (AMD) is being considered for crop irrigation on strategically limed soils, but foliar scorching is of potential concern. To test whether crops might be protected by antitranspirants, a field ...
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(American Society for Cell Biology, 2018-09-01)Higher education faces the challenge of high student attrition, which is especially disconcerting if associated with low participation rates, as is the case in South Africa. Recently, the use of learning analytics has ...
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(Wiley, 2021-07)Uromycladium acaciae has damaged plantations of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa since 2013. Uredinia of a species of Uromycladium have been known on A. mearnsii in South Africa since the 1980s. However, the recent damage ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2012-03)The Roggeveld consists of an island of Mountain Renosterveld (Fynbos biome) surrounded by Succulent Karoo biome vegetation. Since management of abandoned croplands depends on a better understanding of their succession ...
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(Elsevier, 2010-10)The Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion is situated in an area where the Fynbos, Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo biomes meet. Life form spectra were compiled at a species richness and vegetation cover level in order to ...
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(Plaas Publishing, 2012-10)Donsgras kom oorspronklik uit Suidoos-Asië. Dit is ’n snelgroeiende gras wat ook as een van die tien mees ongunstige onkruidspesies in die wêreld bekend staan. In 1911 is die gras in die VSA bekendgestel waar dit ...
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(African Scholary Science Communications Trust, 2018)This paper examined livelihood activities and skill sets available within rural households in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. Specifically, the study addressed three key questions: (i) what livelihood activities do rural ...
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(Springer, 2015-12)This paper examines the socio-economic drivers of land use and land cover change and assesses the impacts of such changes to rural livelihoods in the Zambezi region of northern Namibia. We carried out a longitudinal ...
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(Southern African Institute of Forestry (SAIF), 2012-04)This study conducted at Dambwa Forest Reserve in Livingstone, Zambia, evaluated the perception of local people about joint management of the forest reserve in the area and if there had been improvements to the livelihoods of ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-12-08)Chrysoporthe austroafricana is a fungal pathogen that causes the development of stem cankers on susceptible Eucalyptus grandis trees. Clones of E. grandis that are partially resistant and highly susceptible have been ...
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(Informa UK Limited and NISC (Pty) Ltd, 2022)Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production is threatened by climate change and the decline in agricultural land available due to urbanisation, farmers switching to other crops, and environmental degradation. The aim of this ...
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(Springer, 2015-12)BACKGROUND AND AIMS : The karoo biomes of South Africa are major feed resources, yet soil nutrient depletion and degradation is a major problem. The objective of this study was to assess impacts of long-term (>75 ...
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(South African Society of Crop Production/ Soil Science Society of South Africa/ Southern African Weed Science Society/ Southern African Society for Horticultural Sciences, 2008)Knowledge on the availability of residual P in soils is of great importance for fertilization management. The use of dialysis membrane tubes filled with hydrous ferric oxide solution has recently been reported as an effective ...
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(Wiley, 2023-04)Facilitation is an interaction where one species (the benefactor) positively impacts another (the beneficiary). However, the reciprocal effects of beneficiaries on their benefactors are typically only documented using ...
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(Wiley, 2015-04)QUESTIONS : Vegetation change in arid regions with a coefficient of rainfall exceeding 33% usually displays non-equilibrium dynamics, where abiotic factors override internal biotic controls. Irreversible changes have ...
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