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- Library Collection RecordThe invasion of exotic grasses into savannas is occurring globally. Despite threats to ecosystem processes and biodiversity, few studies have investigated factors that facilitate invasion success. *…Publication Date 2013
- cattle grazing
- exotic grass
- facilitation
- grass-fire cycle
- savanna
- wind dispersal
- grazing
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- restoration ecology
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- grasses
- fire ecology
- grazing
- soils
- rainfall
- drought
- Queensland
- Australia
- 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 RecordAbstract Apomixis has been suggested to result from the asynchronous gene expression of duplicated genes governing plant reproduction. The similarity of embryological stages and gene expression…Publication Date 2014
- Asynchrony
- Confocal
- Heterochronous
- apomixis
- plant breeding
- Pseudogamy
- grasses
- Cenchrus ciliaris
- 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 RecordThe main aim of this study was to examine how concentrations of the micronutrients cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and zinc change with phenological development in red clover,…Publication Date 2014
- forage quality
- nutrition
- forage
- grass
- Harvest
- legumes
- Plant Components
- stage of maturity
- trace elements
- dry matter
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordForages are important throughout the south-east USA for livestock production and wildlife habitat. However, little is known about how forage species commonly grown in this region influence soil-…Publication Date 2011
- soils
- foragage quality
- ecosystem ecology
- fungi
- water-stable aggregates
- hyphal density
- grasses
- legumes
- south-east USA
- Library Collection RecordResearch to study the effect of cover crop sowing rate, row spacing and cultivar on establishment of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)-based pastures in a semi-arid zone mixed-farming system was…Publication Date 2014
- Lucerne
- plant production
- rainfall
- pasture
- management
- undersow
- nurse crop
- alfalfa
- forage
- companion crop
- Austrailia
- Library Collection RecordMany mechanisms have been suggested to explain the coexistence of woody species and grasses in savannas. However, evidence from field studies and simulation models has been mixed. Patch dynamics is a…Publication Date 2009
- Cyclical succession
- Spatiotemporal scales
- competition
- simulation models
- shrub encroachment
- Mosaic cycles
- Woody Species
- shrubs
- grasses
- savanna
- grasslands
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- modelling
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordGrazeIn is a model for predicting herbage intake and milk production of grazing dairy cows. The objectives of this paper are to test its robustness according to a planned arrangement of grazing and…Publication Date 2011
- animal production
- forage
- management
- grazing
- dairy cow
- herbage intake
- milk production
- modelling
- simulation
- Validation
- Europe
- Library Collection Record1. aged and natural ecosystems, herbivory can have a major impact on plant growth. Defoliation and shoot removal reduce the photosynthetic capacity of plants and are also thought to reduce allocation…Publication Date 2010
- fertiliser
- ecosystem ecology
- invertebrates
- arbuscular myccorrhyiza
- clipping
- defoliation
- ectomycorrhiza
- grazing
- insect herbivory
- land use
- meta-analysis
- mowing
- grasses
- Library Collection Record1. We discuss a simple implicit-space model for the competition of trees and grasses in an idealized savanna environment. The model represents patch occupancy dynamics within the habitat and…Publication Date 2010
- modelling
- grasses
- ecosystem ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- demographic structure
- fire
- multiple stable states
- savanna
- stable and unstable species coexistence
- stochastic disturbance
- tree seedlings
- Library Collection RecordGrazing with livestock is a common feature of nature and rangeland management. Although both aim at different, seemingly opposing goals, i.e. maintenance of biodiversity values versus maximization of…Publication Date 2010
- grazing capacity
- model
- Nature conservation management
- forage
- livestock
- forage quality
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- animal production
- grazing
- grasslands
- soils
- erosion
- animal nutrition
- Forage Quantity
- modelling
- Library Collection RecordDelayed seed germination is considered to be a bet-hedging strategy, but experimental evidence of its adaptive role as an inherited trait is still lacking. In each of two co-occuring annual grass…Publication Date 2012
- Desert annuals
- Reciprocal introduction
- seed dormancy
- seed size
- soil seed bank
- Aridity gradient
- Hordeum spontaneum
- Avena sterilis
- Bet-hedging
- seeds
- grasses
- seed banks
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- Israel
- Library Collection RecordA rising plate meter (RPM) is an instrument used for the measurement of compressed sward height and estimation of yield on grasslands. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of an RPM to…Publication Date 2012
- forage
- perennial legumes
- alfalfa
- indirect method
- sward measurement
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordIn productive agricultural grasslands the relative importance of species identity, species richness and functional group composition for production and yield stability is not clear. We, therefore,…Publication Date 2012
- diversity
- forbs
- grasses
- legume
- Species identity
- Library Collection RecordCynodon dactylon is widely distributed in Iran in diverse habitats. In this study, morphological variation of 46 populations of this species was evaluated based on 52 qualitative and quantitative…Publication Date 2012
- Cynodon dactylon
- taxonomy
- grasses
- plant anatomy
- leaf epidermis
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