Conversion of native rangelands to croplands potentially influences soil functions and
quality. The aim of the current study was to assess soil quality (SQ) after rangeland …

This study designed to evaluate antioxidant activity, screen the existence of phytogenic
chemical compounds and to determine the total flavonoid and phenol contents of the …

Widespread land degradation has strengthened the urgent need to restore overgrazing
grasslands. China has implemented the program 'Returning Grazing Land to …

A comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia's environment, this volume is a unique and
authoritative text on the geological and environmental aspects of Saudi Arabia, a country …

In this study, characteristics of vegetation and soil properties under continued grazing and
exclusion of livestock for 6 and 12 years were examined in a degraded Stipa tenacissima …

Livestock grazing is one of the main causes of rangeland degradation in Saudi Arabia.
Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices used to restore …

This study explored the impacts of sustained heavy grazing in six vegetation types across an
altitudinal and rainfall gradient in the Kamiesberg mountain range in Namaqualand. The …

Economic and industrial progress frequently comes at the expense of environmental
sustainability. For the early Iron Age (~ eleventh to ninth centuries BCE) smelters of the …

农业生产活动如土地的农业利用, 耕作, 作物间套种植方式, 放牧, 农药化肥的使用以及农业动
植物遗传改良(包括外来种引入) 等是农业生产力提高的重要途径, 同时也是影响生物多样性的 …

Little is known about the effects of grazing on vegetation composition on the Arabian
Peninsula. The aim of this study therefore was to analyse the vegetation response to …