Rangeland water requirement satisfaction index under rainfall variability and predicting future rainfall scenarios: implication for availability of feed resources

Abstract Introduction Rangeland ecosystems provide multiple ecosystem services, including feed resources for wild and domestic herbivores in semi-arid areas. However, under the ever increasing environmental changes, the impact of rainfall variability on the productivity and vegetation dynamics of ra...

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Main Authors: Hassen M. Ahmed, Zewdu K. Tessema, Adugna Tolera, Diriba Korecha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Ecological Processes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-017-0092-6