Sentence examples for rainfall availability from inspiring English sources
For instance, according to Adler and Levine (2007), under the ever increasing environmental changes, vegetation productivity, basal cover, and species composition in arid and semi-arid rangelands were strongly associated with rainfall availability.
The results of this model indicated that forage availability was positively and significantly (P ≤ 0.05) influenced by the following: length of residence by a livestock keeper, perceived rainfall availability, frequency of grazing, number of kraals, presence of governing rules, presence of conflicts and knowledge of pasture location.
While the degree of utilization of available knowledge is not known, the rough mountainous terrain interlaced with many deep wadis, distant spring water sources and low seasonal rainfall availability (Laureano, 2005) presented water supply problems requiring unique innovations from Nabataean engineers to maintain year-round water supply for Petra's population.
Fig. 2 Temporal rainfall data availability for five stations.
There is rainwater potential in the hilly areas to harvest for irrigation purposes because of its high annual average rainfall and availability of suitable landscape.
In the LP, the rainfall (water availability) was the key constraint factor that affected the relationships between the paired ecosystem services.
However, the three test sites varied greatly in early productivity, for reasons that could include: varying rainfall, nutrient availability or evapotranspiration among the sites, out-of-season frosts, and/or establishment practice.
Owing to the spatial and temporal variability in rainfall and forage availability, the Karamoja pastoralists strategically move their animals to optimize utilization of various ecological niches subject to water availability and security (Grade et al. 2009).
The study revealed that unreliable rainfall affected the availability of honey in Nduli village.
This decrease could have been the result of the combined effects of weather conditions (temperature, rainfall) and nutrient availability.
Short duration of the growing season, erratic distribution of rainfall, and restricted availability of fertilizer all have adverse effects on yield.
