Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement

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Assessment on the management of draft horses in selected areas of Awi Zone, Ethiopia

Ethiopia has many equines, which are important for the livelihood of many smallholder farmers in the country. However, there has …

2017 Open Access

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Growth-Form Responses to Fire in Nama-Karoo Escarpment Grassland, South Africa

Fire is a rare phenomenon in the semi-arid Nama-Karoo region of South Africa, but appears to have become more common …

2017 Open Access

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First Chromosomal Analysis in Hepsetidae (Actinopterygii, Characiformes): Insights into Relationship between African and Neotropical Fish Groups

Hepsetidae is a small fish family with only the genus Hepsetus, with six described species distributed throughout the South, Central …

2017 Open Access

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An assessment of crop residues as potential renewable energy source for cement industry in Malawi

Crop residues have been undervalued as a source of renewable energy to displace coal in the national energy mix for …

2017 Open Access

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Monitoring Land Cover Changes in the Disaster-Prone Area: A Case Study of Cangkringan Sub-District, the Flanks of Mount Merapi, Indonesia

Volcanic eruption is one of the natural factors that affect land cover changes. This study aimed to monitor land cover …

2017 Open Access

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Genetic variability of environmental sensitivity revealed by phenotypic variation in body weight and (its) correlations to physiological and behavioral traits

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is a key component of the ability of organisms to cope with changing environmental conditions. Fish have …

2017 Open Access

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Poluição do ar e hospitalizações na maior metrópole brasileira

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of air pollution on hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the largest Brazilian metropolis. …

2017 Open Access

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Geolocation Reveals Year-Round at-Sea Distribution and Activity of a Superabundant Tropical Seabird, the Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus

Migration is a fundamental aspect of the ecology and evolutionary history of many animals, driven by seasonal changes in resource …

2017 Open Access

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The consequences of replacing wildlife with livestock in Africa

The extirpation of native wildlife species and widespread establishment of livestock farming has dramatically distorted large mammal herbivore communities across …

2017 Open Access

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Multi-species consumer jams and the fall of guarded corals to crown-of-thorns seastar outbreaks

Outbreaks of predatory crown-of-thorns seastars (COTS) can devastate coral reef ecosystems, yet some corals possess mutualistic guardian crabs that defend …

2017 Open Access

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Corrigendum: Using genetics to prioritise headwater stream fish populations of the Marico barb, Enteromius motebensis Steindachner 1894, for conservation action

No abstract available.

2017 Open Access

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Corrigendum: Farmer–African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) relations in the eastern Kalahari region of Botswana

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2017 Open Access

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Corrigendum: Enhancing resilience to landslide disaster risks through rehabilitation of slide scars by local communities in Mt Elgon, Uganda

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v9i1.390.].

2017 Open Access

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Spatial and temporal Trend Analysis of Long Term rainfall records in data-poor catchments with missing data, a case study of Lower Shire floodplain in Malawi for the Period 1953–2010

Abstract. This paper investigated the long-term trends in precipitation from 16 stations located in the lower Shire catchment in Malawi …

2017 Open Access

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30 nagte in Amsterdam (Etienne van Heerden)

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on …

2017 Open Access

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Status and trends in the global growth of Koedoe between 1958 and 2016

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2017 Open Access

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Lower vertebrates of Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho

Five snake, four lizard, nine amphibian (all anurans) and three fish species were recorded in the Apline grasslands of the …

2017 Open Access

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Construction and evaluation of a novel triple cell epitopebased polypeptide vaccine against cow mastitis induced by Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Streptococcus

Purpose: To construct a novel triple cell epitope-based polypeptide vaccine against cow mastitis induced by Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and …

2017 Open Access

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Cointegration analysis of vulnerability index and standardised precipitation index in Mafeteng district, Lesotho

Given the high poverty levels in Africa, with most countries' economy and populations' livelihood dependent on rain-fed agriculture, land degradation …

2017 Open Access

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Outdoor cooking prevalence in developing countries and its implication for clean cooking policies

More than 3 billion people use wood fuels for their daily cooking needs, with detrimental health implications related to smoke …

2017 Open Access