[HTML][HTML] Conservation action in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and opportunities

AS Alatawi - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The conservation of biological diversity is gaining an increasing amount of global attention.
In particular, in Saudi Arabia, conservation actions have become a topic of focus, with many …

Limits to the world's green water resources for food, feed, fiber, timber, and bioenergy

JF Schyns, AY Hoekstra, MJ Booij… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Green water––rainfall over land that eventually flows back to the atmosphere as
evapotranspiration––is the main source of water to produce food, feed, fiber, timber, and …

Drivers, process, and consequences of native grassland degradation: Insights from a literature review and a survey in Río de la Plata grasslands

G Tiscornia, M Jaurena, W Baethgen - Agronomy, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Natural grasslands are being progressively degraded around the world due to human-
induced action (eg, overgrazing), but there is neither a widely accepted conceptual …

Restoration of degraded landscapes for ecosystem services in North-Western Ethiopia

W Mekuria, M Wondie, T Amare, A Wubet, T Feyisa… - Heliyon, 2018‏ - cell.com
Establishing exclosures has become common in Ethiopia, especially in the central and
northern highlands, where they serve as a response to persistent forest degradation …

Short-term grazing exclusion from heavy livestock rangelands affects vegetation cover and soil properties in natural ecosystems of southeastern Iran

M Ebrahimi, H Khosravi, M Rigi - Ecological engineering, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Grazing exclusion is an effective rangeland management practice used to achieve
sustainability of natural ecosystems worldwide. To clarify the effects of short-term grazing …

Long-term grazing exclusion reduces species diversity but increases community heterogeneity in an alpine grassland

S Song, J Zhu, T Zheng, Z Tang, F Zhang… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Extensive grazing activity is threatening the alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Evidence has shown that grazing exclusion may change the composition, structure, and …

Long-term grazing removal increased invasion and reduced native plant abundance and diversity in a sagebrush grassland

LM Porensky, R McGee, DW Pellatz - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of long-term grazing removal on vegetation are highly variable across
ecosystems and grazing contexts. In some cases, long-term exclosures can be used to …

[ספר][B] Plant ecology in the Middle East

AK Hegazy, JL Doust - 2016‏ - books.google.com
This advanced textbook explores the intriguing flora and plant ecology of the Middle East,
framed by a changing desert landscape, global climate change, and the arc of human …

Diversity Under Threat: Connecting Genetic Diversity and Threat Map** to Set Conservation Priorities for Juglans regia L. Populations in Central Asia

H Gaisberger, S Legay, C Andre, J Loo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Central Asia is an important center of diversity for common walnut (Juglans regia L.). We
characterized the genetic diversity of 21 wild and cultivated populations across Kyrgyzstan …

Growth rates, carcass traits, meat yield, and fatty acid composition in growing lambs under different feeding regimes

FA Alshamiry, AS Alharthi, HH Al-Baadani… - Life, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
A total of 75 male Awassi (mean BW 23.5±2.0 kg; 3 months old) were used in an 84-day trial
to investigate the effects of different feeding regimes on productive performance, carcass …