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- 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- ruminants
- cattle
- feeding
- grazing
- rumination
- movement
- measurement
- Pressure
- automation
- evaluation
- rumination
- evaluation
- 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. 109-122Publication Date 2011
- cattle
- horses
- grazing
- meadows
- private farms
- tourism
- landscape conservation
- biodiversity
- research
- Netherlands
- 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- cattle
- Dairy cattle
- grazing systems
- milk production
- costs
- calculation
- seasons
- Parturition
- economics
- Parturition
- 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 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 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 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 RecordMany exotic species have been introduced or have escaped into grasslands where they form "novel ecosystems" of species with no evolutionary history of interaction. Novel ecosystems are…Publication Date 2011
- novel ecosystems
- Alien invasive species
- phenology
- niche partitioning
- Equalizing and stabilizing effects
- plant diversity
- tallgrass prairie
- altered precipitation
- global change
- Eragrostis curvula
- Panicum coloratum
- Sorghum halapense
- Sporobolus compositus
- Panicum virgatum
- Sorghastrum nutans
- grasslands
- restoration ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- species diversity
- rainfall
- Texas
- USA
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordThis paper examines if post-fire deferment and periodic rests provided by rotational grazing allowed for more rapid recovery of soil cover, soil chemical and physical parameters, and vegetation…Publication Date 2010
- grazing management
- infiltration
- prescribed burning
- soil health
- summer fire
- rangeland restoration
- Soil Condition
- management
- grazing
- fire ecology
- plant production
- plant community ecology
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- Texas
- USA
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- pastures
- trees
- canopy
- browse plants
- shade
- cattle
- Behaviour
- Animal ecology
- silvopastoral systems
- small farms
- 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 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2010
- Rice fields
- grazing
- cattle
- drinking water
- solar energy
- pumps
- fencing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- locomotion
- Statistical methods
- global positioning systems
- Geographical information systems
- locomotion
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- abandoned land
- weed control
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- grazing
- abandoned land
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- cattle
- genotypes
- identification
- milking
- grazing
- identification
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: Can prescribed fire restore C4 perennial grasses in grassland ecosystems that have become dominated by fire-resistant C3 shrubs (Prosopis glandulosa) and C3 grasses? Do fires in different…Publication Date 2010
- burning
- fire ecology
- Herbaceous composition
- mesquite
- prescribed fires
- savanna
- species diversity
- woody plant
- restoration ecology
- fire ecology
- management
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- Texas
- USA
- 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 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 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 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 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 RecordWe quantified livestock (cattle, shoats, horses and donkeys) losses to lions (Panthera leo) and attitudes to lions, livestock losses and tourism among livestock owners, village residents and tourism…Publication Date 2009
- communities
- cattle
- Benefit
- predation
- compensation
- eco - tourism
- subsistence agriculture
- pastoralism
- socio-economic aspects
- Botswana
- Africa
- Library Collection Record[13th 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
- livestock management
- grazing intensity
- grassland management
- Library Collection RecordPrimary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism and ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake…Publication Date 2009
- agropastoralism
- energy intake
- ranching
- livestock
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
- pastoralism
- diet selection
- grazing
- management
- animal production
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection Record[13th 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
- livestock management
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- nutritive value
- soil chemicophysical properties
- Experimentation
- Experimentation
- 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