Dam reproductive performance of purebred Africander, Angoni, Barotse and Boran, and reciprocal crossbreds of the latter 3 breeds under ranching conditions were investigated. Mean performance based on a maximum of 1996 records collected over six parities were: calving rate, 65.6%; weaning weight r...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Cruickshank, D.K.R.
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Thompson, R.
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[Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia. 4. Weaner production from purebred and reciprocally crossbred dams]
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Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia. 4. Weaner production from purebred and reciprocally crossbred dams
This paper describes and discusses a multivariable methodology for environmental regionalization. The methodology include the following basic processes: 1) A discrimination of the universal space into unit environmental elements (UEE) with maximal homogeneity in all relevant environmental variabl...
Gallopín, Gilberto C.
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[Una metodología multivariable para la regionalización ambiental. I. Bases metodológicas]
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Una metodología multivariable para la regionalización ambiental. I. Bases metodológicas
The Boran cattle, indigenous to southern Ethiopia, at one time formed the basis of a thriving slaughter stock trade between Ethiopia and East Africa. Ranchers in Kenya buying these cattle as they moved down to urban centers for slaughter found that they were more productive under the adverse envi...
Heat tolerance of West African Dwarf Shorthorn and N'Dama cattle in Ghana are investigated. Data on the magnitude and direction of the heat tolerance coefficients (HTC), the nature of the HTC variation by the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation included. Hightlights some of the ...
Factors influencing reproductive performance of Angoni, Barotse, and Boran under ranching conditions are examined. Five years reproduction records of 675 Angoni, 731 Barotse and 815 Boran were analysed. Calving percentages were 82.5, 78.1 and 75.4 for Angoni, Barotse and Boran, respectively. Year...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Cruickshank, D.K.R.
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Thompson, R.
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[Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia. 1. Factors affecting weaner production from Angoni, Barotse and Boran dams]
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Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia. 1. Factors affecting weaner production from Angoni, Barotse and Boran dams
A randomised complete block experiment was conducted in the 1998 and 1999 cropping seasons in five major yam growing areas in the yam belt of Nigeria to evaluate the performance and yield stability of six genotypes of water yarn (Dioscorea alata L). Location, genotype and their interaction effect...
Egesi, Chiedozie N.
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Ogunyemi, S.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Genotype x environment interaction in water yam (Dioscorea alata) yield trials in five yamgrowing sites in Nigeria]
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Genotype x environment interaction in water yam (Dioscorea alata) yield trials in five yamgrowing sites in Nigeria
In this paper, we investigate similarities of effects of soil environmental drivers on year-round daily soil fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane for three distinct semi-natural or natural ecosystems: temperate spruce forest, Germany; tropical rain forest, Queensland, Australia; and ungrazed semi-...
Luo, G.J.
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Kiese, Ralf
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Wolf, B.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Effects of soil temperature and moisture on methane uptakes and nitrous oxide emissions across three different ecosystem types]
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Effects of soil temperature and moisture on methane uptakes and nitrous oxide emissions across three different ecosystem types
We present a new model system, which facilitates scaling of ecosystem processes from the site to regional simulation domains. The new framework LandscapeDNDC partly based on the biogeochemical site scale model DNDC—inherits a series of new features with regard to process descriptions, model struc...
Haas, E.
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Klatt, Steffen
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Frohlich, A.
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Kraft, P.
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Werner, C.
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Kiese, Ralf
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Grote, R.
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Breuer, L.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[LandscapeDNDC: A process model for simulation of biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere exchange processes at site and regional scale]
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LandscapeDNDC: A process model for simulation of biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere exchange processes at site and regional scale
Many participatory processes fail to generate social change and collaborative outcomes. This failure can partly be explained by how divergent stakeholders' frames are handled. This paper builds on the framing and participation literature to explain how facilitators can manage frame diversity and ...
Hassenforder, E.
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Brugnach, M.
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Cullen, Beth
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Ferrand, N.
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Barreteau, Olivier
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Daniell, Katherine A.
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Pittock, J.
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[Managing frame diversity in environmental participatory processes – Example from the Fogera woreda in Ethiopia]
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Managing frame diversity in environmental participatory processes – Example from the Fogera woreda in Ethiopia