Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of dry forests under community management in Tigray, Ethiopia

N Solomon, E Birhane, T Tadesse, AC Treydte… - Ecological …, 2017 - Springer
Introduction Forests form a major component of the carbon (C) reserves in the world's
ecosystems. However, little is known on how management influences C stocks of woody …

Cross-scale mapping of above-ground biomass and shrub dominance by integrating UAV and satellite data in temperate grassland

A Chen, C Xu, M Zhang, J Guo, X Xing, D Yang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Shrub encroachment, characterized by the proliferation of shrubs into grasslands, is a
challenge faced by grasslands worldwide that significantly impacts livestock production and …

Carbon sequestration potentials of semi-arid rangelands under traditional management practices in Borana, Southern Ethiopia

NG Bikila, ZK Tessema, EG Abule - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
A study to determine carbon sequestration potentials and soil attributes was conducted in
Borana rangelands of southern Ethiopia under communally grazed areas, grazing …

To eradicate or not to eradicate? Recommendations on Prosopis juliflora management in Afar, Ethiopia, from an interdisciplinary perspective

J Ilukor, S Rettberg, A Treydte, R Birner - Pastoralism, 2016 - Springer
As one of the most invasive species of arid and semi-arid areas of East Africa, Prosopis
juliflora has become a major threat to livelihoods of the Afar pastoral people and to the …

A new perspective for assessing hydro-meteorological drought relationships at large scale based on causality analysis

Z Zhou, Y Ding, Y Zhao, P Chen, Q Fu… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Correlation analysis is the common method to evaluate the relationship between two
variables; however, it may sometimes cause spurious correlations. Specifically, in the field of …

Carbon sequestration and soil restoration potential of grazing lands under exclosure management in a semi‐arid environment of northern Ethiopia

T Gebregergs, ZK Tessema, N Solomon… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Exclosures are used to regenerate native vegetation as a way to reduce soil erosion,
increase rain water infiltration and provide fodder and woody biomass in degraded grazing …

Can rangelands gain from bush encroachment? Carbon stocks of communal grazing lands invaded by Prosopis juliflora

E Birhane, AC Treydte, A Eshete, N Solomon… - Journal of Arid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rangeland ecosystems are rapidly declining due to overgrazing and bush encroachment.
Little is known about how important bush encroachment is for climate change mitigation. We …

Allometric equations for predicting above-ground biomass of selected woody species to estimate carbon in East African rangelands

K Feyisa, S Beyene, B Megersa, MY Said, L Jan… - Agroforestry …, 2018 - Springer
We developed species specific equations to predict aboveground biomass (AGB) of ten
woody species in Borana rangelands of southern Ethiopia. A total of 150 plants 15 for each …

Effects of environmental factors on carbon stocks of dry evergreen afromontane forests of the Choke mountain ecosystem, Northwestern Ethiopia

F Asrat, T Soromessa, T Bekele… - … Journal of Forestry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this research was to quantify and compare carbon stocks in two selected dry
evergreen montane forests of the Choke Mountain ecosystem that are under different …

Managing semi-arid rangelands for carbon storage: Grazing and woody encroachment effects on soil carbon and nitrogen

HM Yusuf, AC Treydte, J Sauerborn - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
High grazing intensity and wide-spread woody encroachment may strongly alter soil carbon
(C) and nitrogen (N) pools. However, the direction and quantity of these changes have rarely …