Curious, multi-coloured, and pelleted sand mounds (tumuli) constructed by solitary bees, together with similar, but loosely piled white sand mounds made by ants, are a striking feature of deflation and erosion surfaces in coastal sand dune territory of northernmost New Zealand. These native bee and ...
Author(s)
Gregory, M. R.; Campbell, K. A.; Alfaro, A. C.; Hudson, N.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2009, 273, 1/2, pp 102-110
The guidelines of the National Watershed Development Programme for rainfed agriculture-2003 (NWDPRA/Hariyali) provide some criteria for selection of degraded areas in watersheds. However, these guidelines do not indicate the criteria for selection and prioritization of interventions for the...
Author(s)
Raizada, A.; Mandal, D.
Publisher
Indian Society of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India
Citation
Agropedology, 2007, 17, 2, pp 97-107
Wetlands provide the ecosystem services of enhancing water quality, attenuating floods, sequestrating carbon and supporting biodiversity. In southern Africa, the pattern and intensity of land use is influenced by whether land tenure is public (state), private (individual ownership), or communal...
Author(s)
Walters, D. J. J.; Kotze, D. C.; O'Connor, T. G.
Publisher
Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2006, 14, 4, pp 329-348
Eleven experimental sites in the Sustainable Grazing Systems (SGS) national experiment were established in the high rainfall zone (HRZ, >600 mm/year) of Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales to measure components of the water balance, and pathways of water movement, for a range of...
Author(s)
White, R. E.; Christy, B. P.; Ridley, A. M.; Okom, A. E.; Murphy, S. R.; Johnston, W. H.; Michalk, D. L.; Sanford, P.; McCaskill, M. R.; Johnson, I. R.; Garden, D. L.; Hall, D. J. M.; Andrew, M. H.
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia
Citation
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 2003, 43, 7/8, pp 907-926
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the phytotoxic activity of water leachates from Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) leaves and the effect of water movement on efficacy of the leachate in soil. The water leachates from both the green and senescent leaves applied onto soil...
Author(s)
Tongma, S.; Kobayashi, K.; Usui, K.
Citation
Journal of Weed Science and Technology, 1999, 44, 1, pp 51-58
Roots of trees (Sesbania sesban) and crops (Zea mays) were quantified during 2 tree/crop cycles in a sequential tree-crop system at Chipata, Eastern Zambia. The experiment started in 1990 with maize cropping, and included 1- and 2-yr fallows for each of the 2 subsequent harvesting years (1992 and...
Author(s)
Torquebiau, E. F.; Kwesiga, F.
Citation
Agroforestry Systems, 1996, 34, 2, pp 193-211
The effects of controlling Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis by ploughing, application of 2,4-D or burning and subsequent sowing of Agropyron desertorum on infiltration and soil erosion were studied in central Nevada in 1979-82. Initially, all improvement techniques reduced terminal...
Author(s)
Brown, J. C.; Evans, R. A.; Young, J. A.
Citation
Journal of Range Management, 1985, 38, 3, pp 195-199