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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- dairy farms
- Milk products
- forage
- grasslands
- efficiency
- yields
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- photography
- Cover plants
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordApplied Information and Communication Technologies. Proceedings of the 5th International Scientific Conference, Jelgava, Latvia, April 26-27, 2012 (Electronic resource), Latvia Univ. of Agriculture,…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fertilization
- NPK fertilizers
- nitrogen fertilizers
- application rates
- greenhouse gases
- nitrous oxide
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- sustainability
- research
- Methane
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- cattle
- Veterinary medicine
- diseases
- disease control
- animal diseases
- animal health
- lactation
- grazing lands
- pastures
- grasslands
- lactation
- Library Collection Record"The purpose of this book is to insure a deep appreciation of the eight-valley region in southern Arizona and to raise awareness of the various watershed organizations taking action to improve…Publication Date 2012
- Altar Valley
- Arizona
- land management
- land use
- ranching
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University takes us on a tour of the TNC's Tall Grass Prairie reserve. She explains the relations between historical Bison grazing, periodic fire, and drought in…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- fires
- invasive species
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection Record1.?Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas…Publication Date 2012
- savanna
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- fire ecology
- day-length
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- fire
- frost
- growth rate
- savanna tree phenology
- temperature
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordResearch for Rural Development 2012. Annual 18th International Scientific Conference Proceedings. Volume 1, Treija, S.Skuja, I..- Jelgava (Latvia): Latvia University of Agriculture, 2012.…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- Phleum pratense
- Lolium perenne
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- Medicago sativa
- fertilizer application
- Slurry
- nitrogen fertilizers
- leaching
- nitrogen
- potassium
- crop yield
- Dry matter content
- research
- field experimentation
- Phleum pratense
- Lolium perenne
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- Medicago sativa
- potassium
- Phleum pratense
- Lolium perenne
- Poa pratensis
- Trifolium repens
- Medicago sativa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- feeds
- grasslands
- oats
- Populus
- nutritive value
- yields
- costs
- Populus
- Populus
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- landscape
- farmland
- grasslands
- forests
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- nitrogen
- photosynthesis
- Leymus chinensis
- grasslands
- Leymus chinensis
- Leymus chinensis
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- desertification
- grasslands
- ecology
- desertification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- land use
- construction
- grasslands
- arable land
- construction
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University gives an up close and personal look at a wildfire raging across her family's land. With her background in range ecology, it is the perfect opportunity…Publication Date 2012
- wildfires
- grasslands
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Soil respiration is the major source of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in terrestrial systems.In tropical rangeland ecosystems disturbance regimes, such as cattle grazing and fire, impact soil…Publication Date 2012
- soil temperature
- soil moisture
- woodlands
- grasslands
- CO2
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- biomass
- precipitation
- precipitation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- climate
- productivity
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- deserts
- germination
- germination
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- seed
- plants
- Library Collection RecordSeeding & establishing Lucerne PasturesPublication Date 2012
- seeds
- Lucerne
- health
- Commercial farming
- Pasture establishment
- veld
- management
- grasslands
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- species
- soil
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of conservancies and collaborative nature reserves is often promoted without understanding the impact that such initiatives have on the environment, the wildlife and landowners.…Publication Date 2012
- nature reserve
- management
- game
- livestock
- agriculture
- land use
- conservation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of exotic species invasions on biodiversity vary with spatial scale, and documentation of local-scale changes in biodiversity following invasion is generally lacking. Coupling long-term…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- community assembly
- competition
- exotic species
- invasion
- livestock grazing
- propagule limitation
- recruitment limitation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- community ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere may double during this century. Plant responses to such an increase depend strongly on their nitrogen status, but the reasons have been uncertain.…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- C3
- C4
- climate change
- CO2 acclimation
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
- nitrogen
- plant distributions
- grasslands
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- salinity
- stress
- stress
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- Leymus chinensis
- grasslands
- Agronomy
- Leymus chinensis
- Leymus chinensis
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- vegetation
- grasslands
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordThere is much concern that the functioning of ecosystems will be affected by human-induced changes in biodiversity, of which land-use change is the most important driver. However, changes in…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- ecosystem services
- functional diversity
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- litter decomposition
- long-term experiment
- primary production
- resource availability
- structural equation modeling
- Mackenzie Basin
- South Island
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Does the below-ground bud bank mediate response to drought in restored grasslands? Location Platte River Valley region of south-central Nebraska, USA. Methods We imposed severe drought for…Publication Date 2012
- below-ground
- climate change
- community
- forb
- grass
- Lag
- meristem
- Plant
- prairie
- Rainfall manipulation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- drought
- Nebraska
- USA
- Library Collection RecordMost results of restoration efforts are species-specific and/or site-specific and therefore are not general enough to be easily applied to other species and other sites. Our research addresses the…Publication Date 2012
- British Columbia
- Bunchgrass prairies
- grasslands
- modelling
- Oregon
- Pacific Northwest
- predictive models
- prairies
- Washington
- Oregon
- Washington
- USA
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordQuestion In many industrialized countries biodiversity is declining. Although changes in species composition and species richness have been documented for many individual systems, little long-term…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural intensification
- Agri-environment schemes (AES)
- Floristic value
- Nature reserves
- Nutrient richness
- species richness
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- agriculture
- conservation
- management
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the overall restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank of abandoned alvar grassland sites? To what degree does the share of characteristic alvar grassland species in the…Publication Date 2012
- Abandonment
- grassland management
- grazing
- Limestone grassland
- Optimal sampling time
- seed density
- Seed mass
- Semi-natural grassland
- species richness
- Traditional management
- seed bank
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Estonia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- vegetation
- photosynthesis
- biomass
- grasslands
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- soil
- respiration
- respiration
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of global environmental change. Disentangling the relative impact of losses in plant species richness and intensified management on higher trophic level…Publication Date 2012
- Bees
- Ecosystem functions
- fertilization
- grasshoppers
- land use
- mowing
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordIn the last few decades unimproved semi-natural grasslands have been affected by intensification of land use and habitat fragmentation. Because of their biodiversity these species-rich grasslands are…Publication Date 2012
- Rhinanthus minor
- population genetics
- Hemiparasite
- Habitat restoration
- grasslands
- land use
- biodiversity
- conservation
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordQuestions (a) What are directions of spontaneous succession; in particular, do target stages (identified as shrubby grassland and semi-natural deciduous woodland) develop, and if so, which species…Publication Date 2012
- Ellenberg indicator values
- Old-fields
- ordination
- restoration
- species richness
- succession
- target species
- grasslands
- Phytosociology
- Library Collection RecordRecent declines in biodiversity have given new urgency to questions about the relationship between land-use change, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Despite the existence of a large body of…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- determinants of plant community diversity and structure
- ecosystem functioning
- functional plant group
- land use
- productivity
- species richness
- structural equation modelling
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordFeatures Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- management
- game
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThresholds and transitions between vegetation states are accepted components of models of rangeland dynamics. By definition, transitions represent changes from one state to another that are enduring…Publication Date 2012
- alternative states
- range monitoring
- state and transition
- vegetation dynamics
- rangelands
- management
- grasslands
- policies
- Library Collection RecordWhat underlies species distribution and species coexistence has long been of key interest in community ecology. Several methods and theories have been used to address this question. However, it still…Publication Date 2012
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- national park
- conservation
- management
- community ecology
- savanna
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- ecology
- degradation
- degradation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- grasslands
- soil
- respiration
- biomass
- carbon
- nitrogen
- respiration
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How does horse or sheep grazing affect species richness, diversity and functional composition of plant communities in sub-Mediterranean grasslands? What are the implications of grazing…Publication Date 2012
- Dominant species control
- Functional plant traits
- Grazing avoidance
- grazing management
- grazing tolerance
- Plant diversity conservation
- grazing
- sheep
- horses
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- diversity
- Italy
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- wastes
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- growth
- grasslands
- Elymus
- Elymus
- Elymus
- Library Collection RecordFuel loading information is important for prescribed fire planning, evaluating wildfire risk, and understanding fire effects in grassland. Yet fuel loads in grasslands often go unmeasured because of…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- fire
- fuel load
- grasslands
- photo board
- techniques
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- botanical composition
- species
- Library Collection RecordBackground: In European mountains, where semi-natural grasslands have high cultural and nature conservation value, land-use legacies from past ploughing are associated with distinct floristic…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- conservation ecology
- disturbance
- vegetation dynamics
- species richness
- pasture management
- Europe