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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- phenology
- forage
- livestock
- species
- grazing
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification negatively affects farmland biodiversity, and thereby, ecosystem services such as predation of weed seeds. Landscape complexity (large and diverse areas of semi-natural…Publication Date 2011
- Carabids
- ecosystem services
- plant-animal interactions
- Post-dispersal seed predation
- Slugs
- small mammals
- commercial agriculture
- seeds
- biodiversity
- invertebrates
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in warm-temperate and subtropical North America have become less diverse. Pastures are typically grass monocultures, while rangelands are generally managed for the grass components.…Publication Date 2011
- grazing
- forage quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- restoration ecology
- warm-season legumes
- pasture diversity
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe desertification tendency of the Qubqi Desert in China for 10 years was investigated using vegetation and soil change indices extracted from seven LANDSAT TM images. To identify the…Publication Date 2011
- desertification
- grasslands
- monitoring
- LANDSAT vegetation index
- land use
- Qubqi Desert
- China
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can managing disturbance regimes alone or in combination with seeding native species serve to shift the balance from exotic towards native species? Location: Central coast of California,…Publication Date 2011
- clipping
- Coastal Prairie
- Danthonia californica
- exotic species
- grazing
- mowing
- Plant guilds
- grasslands
- disturbance
- restoration ecology
- releves
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- feeds
- Green Feed
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- Lucerne
- silage
- animal husbandry
- animal production
- production structure
- agricultural structure
- Agricultural policies
- Land Policies
- Development policies
- alfalfa
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 18-33Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- projects
- wetlands
- rivers
- hydrology
- ecology
- research
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 82-97Publication Date 2011
- Organic agriculture
- Farms
- plant production
- animal production
- cooperation
- Agricultural products
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- environmental factors
- research
- cooperation
- Library Collection RecordDespite the widespread recognition that disturbance by livestock affects multiple indices of landscape health, few studies have examined their effects on both biotic and abiotic processes. We…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- grazing gradient
- landscape function
- overgrazing
- plant diversity
- reptiles
- grazing
- livestock
- soils
- ecosystem ecology
- rangelands
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Plants occupying wide altitudinal gradients may be adapted to their altitude of origin. Upward expansion of lowland populations in response to climate change might therefore facilitate…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- temperature
- grasslands
- altitude
- global warming
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- livestock
- rangelands
- phenology
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grazing
- livestock
- Time
- traps
- management
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordAccurate descriptions of developmental stages in perennial forage grasses are important for management decisions during the growing season. It would be advantageous to have a scale and index…Publication Date 2011
- management
- commercial agriculture
- fodder quality
- grasslands
- pastures
- Phenological Development
- perennial forage grasses
- Timothy
- meadow fescue
- maturity
- decimal code
- phasic development
- morphology
- forage quality
- whole crop cereals
- Sweden
- 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
- Artemisia
- grazing
- livestock
- Artemisia
- Artemisia
- Library Collection Record1. Understanding the processes by which species sort themselves into communities remains a central puzzle for attempts to maintain biodiversity. It remains unclear whether any single assembly process…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- plant production
- ecosystem ecology
- disturbance
- Coexistence
- Complementarity
- fertilization
- functional trait
- Meadow
- mowing
- null model
- plant population and community dynamics
- productivity
- removal
- South Bohemia
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- botanical composition
- species
- Library Collection RecordAlthough plant litter identity has long been recognized as one of the important drivers of terrestrial ecosystem processes, our understanding on this issue is limited. We incubated leaf litter of…Publication Date 2011
- ecosystem ecology
- soils
- grasslands
- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
- litter decomposition
- phospholipid fatty acid
- soil bacteria
- soil fungi
- Japan
- 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 Record1.?The occurrence and intensity of climate extremes, such as extremely warm years, are expected to continue to increase with increasing tropospheric radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- prairie
- climate change
- global wrming
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- species richness
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- -ground net primary productivity - ANPP
- anomalously warm year
- EcoCELL whole-ecosystem controlled-environment gas exchange facility
- grassland ecosystem
- interannual climate variability
- lagged responses
- plant biodiversity
- Plant functional group
- plant species diversity
- plant-climate interactions
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordTeff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) is a major food crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is well adapted to Vertisols. Yields are low (around 1000 ‰kg/ha) despite fertilization with urea and…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- grasslands
- soicio-economic aspects
- food security
- fertilizer
- soil fertility
- zinc
- management
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Protected areas such as national parks are often assumed to be the best way to conserve plant diversity and maintain ecosystem composition and structure. To evaluate this assertion, we…Publication Date 2011
- conservation
- management
- restoration ecology
- management
- grasslands
- data analysis
- biodiversity
- land use
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- species richness
- national parks
- Tunisia
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Recent theoretical studies suggest that the stability of ecosystem processes is not governed by diversity per se, but by multitrophic interactions in complex communities. However, experimental…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- plant production
- invertebrates
- above- and below-ground interrelationships
- biodiversity loss
- biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship
- earthworms
- herbivore insects
- Jena Experiment
- plant-soil (below-ground) interactions
- variability
- Thuringia
- Germany
- Library Collection RecordPrevious studies suggest that forest regeneration in grasslands is often slow because of grass competition and fire and that regeneration may be dependent on fire-resistant savannah trees. To examine…Publication Date 2011
- forest regeneration
- grasslands
- savannah trees
- species diversity
- woody plants
- competition
- fire ecology
- restoration ecology
- Kibale National Park
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- phenology
- livestock
- grazing systems
- species
- grazing
- rangeland soils
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- forage
- feeds
- Feed Crops
- grasses
- Feed grasses
- pastures
- Natural pastures
- grasslands
- meadows
- productivity
- yields
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 98-108Publication Date 2011
- livestock management
- grazing
- grasslands
- meadows
- private farms
- beef cattle
- sheep
- livestock numbers
- animal husbandry
- grassland management
- farm management
- statistical data
- research
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 10-17Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- natural grasslands
- wetlands
- biodiversity
- pastures
- grazing
- grassland management
- beef
- species
- agricultural economics
- projects
- research
- Sweden
- Library Collection Record1. Variation in species pools can affect plant diversity, but it remains unclear whether the magnitude of the response varies because of resource availability, community invasibility or other…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- species richness
- seeds
- water use
- Plant Productivity
- colonization
- diversity
- productivity
- seed addition
- species sorting
- species traits
- Michigan
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThis study deals with the phenotypic polymorphism of twenty accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris L. (buffelgrass) collected in various climatic areas of Tunisia. Six seedlings per accession were…Publication Date 2011
- arid zones
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- morphometry
- multivariate analysis
- phenotype
- grasslands
- Tunisia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrasses (Poaceae) are the largest family of vascular plants in Burkina Faso with 254 species. In the savannahs they are the most important family in terms of abundance and species richness, in other…Publication Date 2011
- ecological niche models
- macroecology
- plant functional traits
- Poaceae
- Sahel
- savannah
- phytogeography
- modelling
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- C4 grasses
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- reindeer
- livestock
- grazing
- foraging
- fields
- sown pastures
- grazing intensity
- Feed grasses
- plant production
- trampling
- Constraints
- nomadism
- Norway
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasses
- grasslands
- species
- Juncus
- pteridophyta
- fire ecology
- fires
- history
- plant ecology
- carbon
- site factors
- grazing intensity
- controlled burning
- environmental impact
- allometry
- biomass
- Statistical methods
- Peru
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grasslands
- vegetation
- meadows
- sown grasslands
- Feed Crops
- legumes
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- organic compounds
- Chemical Compounds
- economic analysis
- Economic Value
- efficiency
- productivity
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- Trifolium
- Medicago
- 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
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- phenology
- livestock
- grazing systems
- species
- uses
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- phenology
- livestock
- rangelands
- grazing systems
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Feed grasses
- grasslands
- asses
- seed drills
- sowing
- herbicides
- Animal housing
- environmental control
- equipment
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- feeds
- quality
- feed intake
- milk yield
- dairy cows
- concentrates
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- cutting
- digestibility
- nutritive value
- animal feeding
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- sheep
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- highlands
- animal health
- intensification
- sustainability
- intensification
- Library Collection RecordIn the past few years, African medicinal plants have received considerable attention, and it has been lamented that the documentation of the continent's species that are used in traditional…Publication Date 2011
- medicinal plants
- rangelands
- savanna
- grasslands
- Ethnobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordIngestion of small amounts of condensed tannin (CT) by ruminants can produce valuable outcomes such as improved nitrogen use and reduced bloating, methane output, and gastrointestinal parasitism.…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- condensed tannins
- livestock
- water intake
- Library Collection RecordRangelands occupy 50% of Earth’s land surface and thus are important in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. For rangelands and other terrestrial ecosystems, the balance between photosynthetic uptake of…Publication Date 2010-03-01
- climatic variability
- deserts
- functional change
- grasslands
- shrublands
- variability in carbon flux
- Library Collection RecordPrescribed burning of aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie is common and may influence dynamics and magnitudes of carbon (C) movement between the surface and atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2)…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- conditional sampling
- fire
- grasslands
- Konza Prairie
- land management
- net ecosystem exchange
- Library Collection RecordGrasslands and agroecosystems occupy one-third of the terrestrial area, but their contribution to the global carbon cycle remains uncertain. We used a set of 316 site-years of CO2 exchange…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- cropland
- ecosystem respiration
- grasslands
- gross primary reduction
- light-response function method
- net CO2 flux partitioning
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- Library Collection RecordRangelands and savannas occupy 70% of the Australian continent and are mainly used for commercial grazing of sheep and cattle. In the center and north, where there are extensive areas of indigenous…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- burning
- carbon
- deforestation
- emissions
- fire
- livestock
- vegetation thickening
- Library Collection RecordNutrient controls of ecosystem pattern and process have been widely studied at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, a well-studied California rangeland ecosystem. Here we review these studies, from…Publication Date 2010-01-01
- California rangelands
- carbon
- elevated CO2
- global change
- grasslands
- Jasper Ridge
- nitrogen
- nutrient limitation
- phosphorus
- Library Collection RecordCongress abstracts. First Serbian Forestry Congress under slogan Future with Forest, Ristić, R. (ed.)Medarević, M. (ed.)Popović, Z. (ed.).- Belgrade (Serbia): University of Belgrade, Faculty of…Publication Date 2010
- herbaceous plants
- grasslands
- highlands
- national parks
- soil pollution
- heavy metals
- Library Collection RecordProvides background on responsibilities of landowners and livestock owners in Arizona regarding fencing of property. Describes state statutes that pertain to livestock and fences (Arizona Revised…Publication Date 2010
- Arizona
- fencing
- laws and regulations
- Legal Aspects
- livestock
- Open Range
- ranchers
- Small Landowners
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- saline soils
- potassium
- potassium
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