Rangelands represent 91% of the surface devoted to livestock production and a high
proportion of them are exposed to some sort of degradation. Considerable research interest …

Approximately one third of California is grazed by livestock, with most forage produced on
annual rangelands, the common term for rangelands with a significant annual herbaceous …

Studies examining the joint interactions and impacts of social-environmental system (SES)
drivers on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia are scarce. We investigated seasonal trends …

Many traditional pastoralist systems are greatly impacted by cumulative encroachments of
other land users and by climate change. Understanding land degradation and the adaptive …

With complex models becoming increasingly popular in the social sciences, many
researchers have begun using latent variable modeling in multiple-steps, saving, estimating …

Identifying ecologically vulnerable areas and understanding the responses of phenology to
negative changes in vegetation growth are important bases for ecological restoration …

Recently, climate change has had a considerable impact on rangelands, available forage,
and shifting boundaries of ecological zones in Mongolia. Additionally, long-term studies in …

Nomadic pastoralism is of vital importance for grasslands worldwide. As one of the largest,
widely intact, temperate grasslands in the world, the eastern Mongolian steppe looks back …

Managed grazing is the most extensive land use worldwide. Information about the spatio-
temporal distribution of livestock is critical for grassland ecosystem management. However …

Pastoral women in the semi-arid rangelands of East Africa are significantly burdened by the
vulnerability to and responsibility for responding to changing climates. Consequently …