The role of water use and uptake on two Mediterranean shrubs' interaction in a brackish coastal dune ecosystem

Ecohydrology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 783-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paz Esquivias ◽  
María Zunzunegui ◽  
Mari Cruz Díaz Barradas ◽  
Leonor Álvarez-Cansino
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Coastal Dune ◽  
Mediterranean Shrubs ◽  
Coastal Dune Ecosystem

scholarly journals The role of invasive pine on changes of plant composition and functional traits in a coastal dune ecosystem

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felícia M. Fischer ◽  
Juliano M. Oliveira ◽  
André L.P. Dresseno ◽  
Valério D. Pillar
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Coastal Dune ◽  
Plant Composition ◽  
Coastal Dune Ecosystem

The role of nature contact and connectedness to nature as determinants of household water use: A case study from Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazaret Ibáñez‐Rueda ◽  
Jorge Guardiola ◽  
Francisco González‐Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Connectedness To Nature ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Nature Contact

scholarly journals Effect of Five Mediterranean Shrubs Extracts on Larval Exsheathment of Haemonchus contortus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Aïssa ◽  
F. Manolaraki ◽  
H. Ben Salem ◽  
H. Hoste ◽  
K. Kraiem
Keyword(s):  
Haemonchus Contortus ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Gastrointestinal Nematodes ◽  
Shrub Species ◽  
Medicago Arborea ◽  
Mediterranean Shrubs ◽  
Third Stage

Background: Mediterranean shrub species cover more than 70% of the total area in Tunisia and in summer when the herbaceous species have wilted, they constitute feeding resource for livestock. The use of tanniniferous shrubs seems to be a good alternative to control gastrointestinal nematodes infections in small ruminants. This study evaluated the in vitro anthelmintic (AH) effect of Ceratonia siliqua (C. siliqua), Periploca angustifolia Labill. (P. angustifolia) and Medicago arborea (M. arborea) against Haemonchus contortus third stage larvae (L3). Methods: The larval exsheathment assay (LEA) was used to determine the proportions (%) of exsheathment of five acetonic extracts at different concentrations (1200, 600, 300, 150 μg/ml). To confirm the role of tannins in the AH effects of extracts, polyvinyl polypyrolidone (PVPP) was used as deactivating chemical tannins. Result: The highest % L3 exsheathed was recorded for M. arborea (55.01%) and the lowest value was founded for C. siliqua and P. angustifolia leaves (16.26%). Our results were concentration-dependent (P less than 0.001). The % of exsheathment increased as the time of incubation increased (P less than 0.001). P. angustifolia pods recorded the lowest EC50 value (P less than 0.05). After PVPP addition, all the acetonic extracts showed a restoration of L3 exsheathment values similar to control values (P less than 0.001).

scholarly journals The role of canopy gaps in the regeneration of coastal dune forest

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Grainger ◽  
Rudi J. van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Canopy Gaps ◽  
Coastal Dune

Variation of water use efficiency across seasons and years: Different role of herbaceous plants in desert ecosystem

2019 ◽  
Vol 647 ◽  
pp. 827-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Liu ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Yugang Wang ◽  
Jie Ma ◽  
Ellen Cieraad
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Desert Ecosystem ◽  
Herbaceous Plants ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals A Typology-Based Approach for Assessing Qualities and Determinants of Adoption of Sustainable Water Use Technologies in Coping with Context Diversity: The Case of Mechanized Raised-Bed Technology in Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5428
Author(s):  
Quang Bao Le ◽  
Boubaker Dhehibi
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Crop Productivity ◽  
Livelihood Systems ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Raised Bed ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
Water Uses

Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) is recognized as an important measure to achieve higher crop productivity and water-use efficiency in intensive irrigated systems. Development efforts on spreading this technology require adequate understanding of the qualities and drivers of farmers’ adoption of MRBT. Research in agricultural innovation adoption has identified the importance of the socio-ecological context (SEC) that influences the livelihood of farmers adopting new technologies. This study introduces an agricultural livelihood systems (ALS) typology-based approach for guiding concrete analytical steps and statistical methods in evaluating the effects of system SEC diversity in two Egyptian governorates. We objectively classify a population of sampled farming households into a limited number of ALS types and use inferential statistics for the whole sampled population and individual ALS types to discover adoption drivers. Values added by the ALS approach confirm the widespread role of common determinants of MRBT adoption across ALS types, household groups subject to the effects MRBT, and show new causal effects. The presented advanced approach and empirical findings will be useful for enhancing targeting and out-scaling of MRBT practices toward achieving sustainable agricultural water uses at scale.

scholarly journals The role of external and emergent drivers of water use change in Las Vegas

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 888-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Garcia ◽  
Shafiqul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Las Vegas
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