This may be attributed to the prolonged drought during the sampling period, and the semi-nomadic Maasai herdsmen had moved the livestock to areas with pasture.
Over the past few decades the increase in the amount of African dust flux has been attributed to the ongoing drought in North Africa that began in the 1970s (Prospero and Lamb 2003).
The mean NDVI value, observed in 2002 and 2007, decrease in both the wildlife reserve and the catchment could be attributed to the severe droughts in those years that significantly reduced vegetation cover.
In this study, the lower number of DE transcripts in response to drought stress may be attributed to the nature of drought stress imposed, where pots were allowed to slowly lose water (5 10% water content/day) over a period of 8 days.
Somehow, even Syria's conflict can be attributed to the spark of longer-term drought.
At the Southern African Development Community (SADC)'s annual Post-Season Review Workshop 2014/15 on DRR in Johannesburg in May 2015, reports were presented on drought impacts attributed to the combined negative impacts of climate change, poor external aid practices, and particularly in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo poor governance.
Scarcity of grazing resources attributed to the invasion of Dergi Hara and drought created livestock feed crisis with strong implication on the livelihood of pastoralists.
In addition, the down-regulation of many photosynthesis-related genes during drought stress (Additional file 15 worksheet 2) can be attributed to the conservation of energy for the survival in drought stress.
The drought tolerance in Staha is attributed to the share of Tuxpeño breeding material in its pedigree.
