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- 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 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
- Wilting Point
- grasslands
- silage
- chemical composition
- proximate composition
- quality
- feeds
- nutritive value
- 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
- ruminants
- feeds
- proximate composition
- chemical composition
- animal nutrition
- animal feeding
- energy value
- nutritive value
- grasslands
- Green Feed
- analytical methods
- Statistical methods
- 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 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 RecordCivil Engineering '11. 3rd International Scientific Conference. Proceedings, Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Rural Engineering. Dept. of Architecture and Building. Dept…Publication Date 2011
- Biogas
- technology
- landscape
- models
- management
- Pilot projects
- Rural development
- grasslands
- vegetation
- research
- vegetation
- Biogas
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- agriculture
- grasslands
- arable land
- pastures
- Climatic change
- water requirements
- evapotranspiration
- measurement
- field experimentation
- agriculture
- evapotranspiration
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- agriculture
- grasslands
- arable land
- pastures
- Climatic change
- water requirements
- evapotranspiration
- measurement
- field experimentation
- agriculture
- evapotranspiration
- 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 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
- meadows
- grasslands
- Mowers
- forage harvesters
- mowing
- harvesters
- equipment
- 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 RecordArthropods are valuable biological indicators owing to strong relationships with primary producers. The supposition that arthropod-plant interactions are constant over seasons was tested using Mantel…Publication Date 2011
- arthropod community composition
- Bloemfontein Dry Grassland
- Mantel test
- plant community composition
- trophic interactions
- insects
- biological indicators
- plant production
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- Free State province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordInteractions between mature grass plants and grass seedlings have been found to be both facilitative and competitive. To examine the effects of aboveground and belowground competition on seedling…Publication Date 2011
- competition
- grass seedling
- soil depth
- seedlings
- grasslands
- plant production
- siol depth
- plant autecology
- grazing
- stocking rates
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordFire is a key driver in shaping and maintaining grasslands. Long-term exclusion of fire in moist grasslands has been attempted at Catchment IX (CIX) at Cathedral Peak since 1952. Vegetation was…Publication Date 2011
- Erica evansii
- Leucosidea sericea
- moist grasslands
- tree mortality
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- management
- species diversity
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordNordic-Baltic-Belarus solutions in farming for biodiversity, Reihmanis, J..- Riga (Latvia): Latvijas Dabas fonds, 2011.- 978-9984-49-329-9.- p. 52-61Publication Date 2011
- private farms
- agriculture
- grasslands
- beef cattle
- grazing
- meat production
- forestry
- biodiversity
- water conservation
- Organic agriculture
- Finland
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- productivity
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- productivity
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- species
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- degradation
- vegetation
- degradation
- vegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- botanical composition
- species
- Library Collection RecordAn important question in biodiversity studies is whether disturbances in ecosystems will cause a net loss of species or whether such losses can be compensated by replacement of other species. We use…Publication Date 2011
- compensation
- Ecosystem function
- grasslands
- Serengeti birds
- ecosystem ecology
- birds
- invertebrates
- fire ecology
- management
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- grassland management
- maintenance
- handling
- storage
- costs
- 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- low input agriculture
- Farms
- Intensive farming
- Economic Value
- 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2010
- abandoned land
- grasslands
- measurement
- biomass
- plant cover
- Statistical methods
- plant production
- plant communities
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- forests
- grasslands
- monitoring
- data analysis
- networks
- Library Collection Record1. Grazing lawns are short grassland areas where intense grazing maintains grass in an early growth stage. These areas represent a source of high-quality forage for herbivores. However, as herbivores…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- grasslands
- management
- plant production
- savanna
- vegetation dynamics
- climatic variability
- continuous stocking
- grazing systems
- intensively managed grasslands
- large herbivores
- primary production
- rainfall
- white rhino
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Woody plant increase in grassy biomes has been widely reported over the last century. Increases have been attributed to local drivers associated with land use change, such as heavy grazing…Publication Date 2010
- biome switch
- global drivers
- land use practices
- local drivers
- thicket expansion
- indigenous encroaching species
- grasslands
- grazing
- fire ecology
- carbon dioxide
- Aerial Photographs
- land use
- conservation
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- stocking rates
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAtmospheric CO2 has more than doubled since the last glacial maximum (LGM) and could double again within this century, largely due to anthropogenic activity. It has been suggested that low [CO2]…Publication Date 2010
- elevated CO2
- fire
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Root
- savanna
- starch
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- elevated CO2
- management
- plant autecology
- plant community ecology
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- remote sensing
- image analysis
- vegetation
- animals
- Behaviour
- Dry matter content
- Asia
- vegetation
- Asia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- wetlands
- controlled burning
- grasslands
- endangered species
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