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- Library Collection RecordQuestions: What are the interactive effects of flooding and cattle trampling upon the structural attributes and the floristic composition of a plant community? Do the effects on the plant community…Publication Date 2011
- community structure
- flooding
- Grassland recovery
- grazing
- Lotus tenuis
- trampling
- grassland
- cattle
- management
- Flooding Pampa grasslands
- Argentina
- Library Collection Record1. Studying the effects of climate or weather extremes such as drought and heat waves on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is one of the most important facets of climate change research. In…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- biodiversity
- Ecosystem function
- primary production
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- plant physiology
- soil micro-organisms
- below-ground
- competition
- Decomposition
- invasion
- leaf chemistry
- microbial
- phenology
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation change
- productivity
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to use the in vitro gas production (IVGP) technique to evaluate the pattern and parameters of anaerobic fermentation of forages from south Texas pastures throughout…Publication Date 2011
- forage quality
- grazing
- cattle
- in vitro
- modelling
- nutrition
- prediction
- simulation
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe main objective of this study was to determine to what extent grazing pressure and timing modulate the seasonal progression of herbage quality in hilly Mediterranean grassland systems. The study…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- cattle
- fodder quality
- grassland
- management
- rangelands
- sustainablity
- acid detergent fibre
- digestibility
- grazing system
- neutral detergent fibre
- near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy
- protein
- stocking rate
- eastern Galilee
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordSoil solution nitrogen (N) concentrations in a non-fertilized Japanese lawngrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.; JL, native species) pasture were compared with those in a fertilized tall fescue (Festuca…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- pastures
- cattle
- soil nutrients
- fertiliser
- Grazed pasture
- soil solution nitrogen
- Zoysia japonica Steud
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordMany wonder if cows can eat snow in the winter to supply all their water needs. The answer is yes. There are many situations where cattle can survive on snow without having any other water supply.…Publication Date 2011
- winter
- cattle
- temperature
- snow
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- Library Collection Record[14th Conference on animal production, 17th and 18th May, 2011, Zaragoza [Spain]], Sanz Pascua, A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Joy Torrens, M.Ãlvarez RodrÃguez, J.Calvo Costa, J.H.Panea Doblao, B.Muñoz Ã…Publication Date 2011
- Spain
- cattle
- beef cattle
- farm management
- grazing systems
- profitability
- productivity
- classification
- Statistical methods
- classification
- Library Collection Record[14th Conference on animal production, 17th and 18th May, 2011, Zaragoza [Spain]], Sanz Pascua, A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Joy Torrens, M.Ãlvarez RodrÃguez, J.Calvo Costa, J.H.Panea Doblao, B.Muñoz Ã…Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- animal feeding
- grazing systems
- feed intake
- faeces
- evaluation
- methods
- polymers
- feces
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordSmooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.), meadow bromegrass (Bromus riparius Rehm.) and hybrid bromegrass (B. riparius x B. inermis) are widely used for hay and pasture in temperate regions of the…Publication Date 2011
- pastures
- plant production
- management
- plant physiology
- grasses
- Bromegrass
- defoliation
- etiolated regrowth
- remobilization of stored reserves
- Saskatoon
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordThis study evaluated the effects of soil moisture deficit and subsequent watering on the growth of Bromus inermis Leyss., Dactylis glomerata L., Lolium perenne L. and Phleum pratense L. under a non-…Publication Date 2011
- soil moisture
- drought
- pastures
- grasses
- plant physiology
- Bromus inermis
- Dactylis glomerata
- Drought Stress
- Lolium perenne
- Phleum pratense
- Tottori
- JapanÂ
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 109-122Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- horses
- grazing
- meadows
- private farms
- tourism
- landscape conservation
- biodiversity
- research
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Does vegetation structure display any stability over the grazing season and in two successive years, and is there any correlation between the stability of these spatial patterns and local…Publication Date 2011
- Boolean process
- cattle
- functional diversity
- patch stability
- Semi-variograms
- Spatially explicit model
- stocking rate
- grazing
- cattle
- grassland
- modelling
- releves
- vegetation dynamics
- management
- Massif Central
- France
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- calves
- grasslands
- pastures
- Parturition
- Breeds (animals)
- milk production
- Statistical methods
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- calves
- grasslands
- pastures
- Parturition
- Breeds (animals)
- milk production
- Statistical methods
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordImproving tolerance to heat stress is a major challenge in many C3 crops given the threat of global warming. Populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) tolerant and sensitive to summer…Publication Date 2011
- plant physiology
- climate change
- global warming
- temperature
- Fv/Fm
- hydrogen peroxide
- high temperature stress
- Lolium perenne
- population difference
- C3 grass
- Yamanashi Dairy Agricultural Station
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- farming systems
- cattle
- agriculture
- roughage
- consumers
- animals
- policies
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- farming systems
- cattle
- agriculture
- roughage
- consumers
- animals
- policies
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordIn communal areas of NE Zimbabwe, feed resources are collectively managed, with herds grazing on grasslands during the rainy season and mainly on crop residues during the dry season, which creates…Publication Date 2011
- Crop-livestock interactions
- Dynamic modelling
- cattle
- crop residues
- grasslands
- livestock
- foraging ecology
- soil organic carbon
- soil fertility
- management
- communal farming
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- dairy farms
- animal feeding
- pastures
- productivity
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- dairy farms
- animal feeding
- pastures
- productivity
- efficiency
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 62-81Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- horses
- grazing
- cooperation
- models
- farmers
- floodplains
- Nature reserves
- Nature conservation
- economic situation
- research
- cooperation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- ruminants
- cattle
- feeding
- grazing
- rumination
- movement
- measurement
- Pressure
- automation
- evaluation
- rumination
- evaluation
- Library Collection Record1. Ecological edges (zones separating ecosystems or land cover types) can function as active boundaries, unique habitats and dynamic transition zones. Abiotic factors, species and species…Publication Date 2011
- savanna
- ecosystem structure
- Ecosystem function
- edge effects
- grazing
- cattle
- Acacia drepanolobium
- boma
- continuous response function
- Crematogaster
- edge depth
- habitat fragmentation
- multiple edges
- Tetraponera penzigi
- Laikipia
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- ruminants
- cattle
- feeding
- grazing
- rumination
- movement
- measurement
- Pressure
- automation
- evaluation
- rumination
- evaluation
- Library Collection RecordLivestock grazing potentially has substantial influence on fuel characteristics in rangelands around the globe. However, information quantifying the impacts of grazing on rangeland fuel…Publication Date 2010-11-01
- artemisia arbuscula
- Artemisia tridentata
- bunchgrass
- cattle
- fire
- fuels management
- wildfire
- wildfire risk
- Library Collection RecordBeef cattle production from rangelands in the Southern Great Plains has decreased in concert with herbaceous forage production declines in response to woody plant encroachment by honey mesquite (…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- brush management
- cattle
- Prosopis glandulosa
- ranch-style grazing management
- ranching systems
- rangeland restoration
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed fire is used to reduce the rate of woody plant encroachment in grassland ecosystems. However, fire is challenging to apply in continuously grazed pastures because of the difficulty in…Publication Date 2010-05-01
- aerial imagery
- brush management
- cattle
- grazing management
- Prosopis glandulosa
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- locomotion
- Statistical methods
- global positioning systems
- Geographical information systems
- locomotion
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Rice fields
- grazing
- cattle
- drinking water
- solar energy
- pumps
- fencing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- genotypes
- identification
- milking
- grazing
- identification
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- abandoned land
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- abandoned land
- Library Collection RecordIn the seasonally dry tropics the productivity of grazing cattle is often constrained by nutrition, particularly during the dry season. An experiment during 2 annual cycles estimated the diet…Publication Date 2010
- diet selection
- Diet CP
- Diet DM digestibility
- animal nutrition
- animal production
- cattle
- forage quality
- north Queensland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThis study was conducted to understand how seasonality in drylands influences the space-time dynamics of cattle behavior and mobility among pastoralist managed Zebu cattle. The study relies on the…Publication Date 2010
- behavior
- cattle
- Cultural ecology
- GPS
- Herd mobility
- pastoralism
- seasonality
- tracking
- zebu
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Through their effects on plant communities, herbivores can exert strong direct and indirect effects on savanna ecosystems and have the potential to create and maintain savanna landscape…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- savanna
- herbivores
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- cattle
- game
- cattle - wildlife interactions
- ecological legacies
- facilitation
- foraging behaviour
- landscape heterogeneity
- pastoralism
- plant - herbivore interactions
- rangeland
- succession
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe relative benefit of different grazing management practices for maintaining grassland biodiversity integrity was assessed. Practices considered were grazing system, stocking rate, animal type,…Publication Date 2010
- analytic heirarchy process
- plant diversity
- stocking rate
- veld condition assessment
- grazing
- management
- biodiversity
- fire
- cattle
- sheep
- Impact assessment
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeed ecology may play a role in the widespread increase of Acacia karroo in savanna and grassland. Accordingly, fecundity, predation, mortality by fire, dispersal by livestock, and seed longevity…Publication Date 2010
- dispersal
- fire
- seed bank
- seed lngevity
- seed predation
- seed production
- ecology
- savanna
- grassland
- livestock
- insects
- germination
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- management
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of predictions of communal rangeland collapse due to continuous grazing and increased livestock populations, this grazing system remains prevalent in communal areas, suggesting animals…Publication Date 2010
- cattle
- Graze
- key resource areas
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangelands
- grazing
- plant production
- soils
- soil organic carbon
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasses
- grazing
- cattle
- leaching
- losses
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- potassium
- field experimentation
- potassium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasses
- grazing
- cattle
- leaching
- losses
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- potassium
- field experimentation
- potassium
- Library Collection RecordA grazing study was conducted on a cold, mountain meadow riparian system in central Idaho in response to cattle grazing-salmonoid fisheries conflicts.Publication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing intensity
- riparian zones
- Idaho
- United States
- Library Collection RecordA quarter century of oak woodland research in the Sierra foothills supports oak restorationPublication Date 2010
- monitoring and assessment
- Oaks
- rangeland plants
- plant physiology
- Vegetation Management and Restoration
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- milk yield
- rural areas
- ecology
- Pollution by agriculture
- pastures
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- dairy cows
- risk
- Epidemiology
- hosts
- control methods
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- trees
- canopy
- browse plants
- shade
- cattle
- Behaviour
- Animal ecology
- silvopastoral systems
- small farms
- Library Collection RecordNovel concepts and tools to promote progress in grazing science and management need to incorporate heterogeneity and nonlinear scaling of spatially and temporally distributed ecological interactions…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- cattle
- grazing systems
- heterogeneity
- scaling
- sheep
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- cattle
- nutritional status
- Natural pastures
- mixed pastures
- sown pastures
- grazing
- Library Collection Record13th Conference on animal production, 12th and 13th May, 2009, Zaragoza [Spain]], Joy Torrens, M.Calvo Costa, J.H.Calvete Margolles, C.Latorre Górriz, M.A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Panea Doblao, B.Sanz…Publication Date 2009
- cattle
- grazing systems
- nematode infections
- Infestation
- Epidemiology
- Spain
- Infestation