What's New

What's New

Editorial and regulars

Sustained use of wildlife resources and conservation policy (RJ Davies, GC Stuart-Hill & DT Magome); GSSA in perspective (KP Kirkman); A Southem African Federation/Association of Agricultural, Biological & Environmental Scientists (SAFABES/SAAABES) (PF Scogings)

GSSA news

FR McKenzie - A farmer's perspecive on perennial ryegrass and managing perennial ryegrass in KwaZulu-Natal; News, letters and more

Available biomass and carrying capacity

J.E. Danckwerts & N.M. Tainton - Range management: optimizing forage production and quality; M. B. Hardy - Grazing capacity and large stock unit equivalents: are they compatible?; H. H. Meissner - Animal-related information required and a more comprehensive approach to improve estimates of carrying capacity

Animal response indicators

J.G. van der Walt - Recent advances in quantifying ruminant digestion; P. B. Cronje & R. Pambu Gollah - The use of blood profiles as animal response indicators

Plant response indicators

AC Beckerling - Key indicators: satellites in management space; TG O'Connor - Individual, population and community response of woody plants to browsing in African savannas; N.M. Tainton - Plant indicators - the basis of ecological interpretation

Diet Selection

JP Marais - A critical evaluation of the alkane technique; A. Abate - Foraging preferences and diet quality of livestock indigenous to dry areas;

EcoRestore Decision Support System

A Decision Support System for the Restoration of Degraded Rangelands- Anuschka Barac & Klaus Kellner -School of Environmental Sciences and Development: Botany Division Restoration Ecology Potchefstroom University for CHE Potchefstroom

Regional news

KwaZulu-Natal: Pasture Tour and Prestige Dairy Symposium; North-West: SA - China Joint Research Programme; Lowveld: South African Ecological Observation Network; Limpopo: Rangeland Research Projects; Free State: Cactus pear research; Namibia: 7th Rangeland Forum; East Africa: Uganda Pasture Network

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