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- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- seed
- dormancy
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- biomass
- land use
- grasslands
- 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 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
- 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
- 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 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 Record1. Successful poleward shifts of plant species ranges as a result of climate change will depend on interactions between migrating species and the communities they invade. Although poleward migration…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- grasslands
- seeds
- germination
- ecosystem ecology
- Brachypodium pinnatum
- Bromus erectus
- invader phenology
- invasion resistance
- plant-climate interactions
- resource availability
- seed provenance
- soil heterogeneity
- summer drought
- winter warming
- northern England
- Library Collection Record1. Annual above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) in mesic grasslands is known to be highly temporally variable. While yearly precipitation or average yearly temperature can explain some of this…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- rainfall
- temperature
- plant production
- C4 grasses
- ecosystem ecology
- climate variability
- dominant species
- inflorescence
- intra-annual variation
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation
- structural equation modelling
- tallgrass prairie
- temperature
- Kansas
- USA
- Library Collection Record1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and ammonia oxidizers (AO) represent key soil microbial groups regulating nitrogen (N) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Both utilize soil ammonium-N reserves…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- soil nitrogen
- microbes
- allelopathy
- ammonia-oxidizing community activity
- mycorrhizae
- nitrification potential
- Nitrogen cycle
- plant species mycorrhizal investment
- plant-soil (below-ground) interactions
- soil ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordOn the main Japanese island of Honshu, bark or sawdust is often added to cattle excreta as part of the composting process. Dairy farmers sometimes need to dispose of manure that is excess to their…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- Compost
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- global warming
- soils
- ANOVA
- modelling
- Honshu
- Japan
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- meadows
- grasslands
- Mowers
- forage harvesters
- mowing
- harvesters
- equipment
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- grassland management
- maintenance
- handling
- storage
- costs
- Library Collection Record1. Models of local stable coexistence require negative feedbacks, i.e. intraspecific interactions must be more negative than interspecific interactions. However, most competition experiments, often…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- community ecology
- seeds
- ecosystem ecology
- Coexistence
- competition
- competitive hierarchy
- facilitation
- germination
- intraspecific vs. interspecific interactions
- plant-soil feedbacks
- Michigan
- USA
- 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 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 RecordQuestions: What is the relative influence of size, connectivity and disturbance history on plant species richness and assemblages of fragmented grasslands? What is the contribution of small fragments…Publication Date 2011
- fragmentation
- Landscape structure
- species assemblages
- species richness
- Tall-tussock grassland
- disturbance
- grasslands
- degradation
- releves
- ecosystem ecology
- Tandilia's Range
- Southern Pampa
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordBackground: The invasion by Pinus elliottii is one of the most serious threats to the remaining native cerrado vegetation in São Paulo State, Brazil, causing biodiversity losses yet to be evaluated…Publication Date 2011
- plant ecology
- Alien invasive species
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- degradation
- ecosystem ecology
- savannah
- Brazil
- South America
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding changes in biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in relation to land-use type and intensity is a major issue in current ecological research. In this context nutrient enrichment has…Publication Date 2011
- Biodiversity exploratories
- fertilization
- grazing
- land use
- mowing
- nitrogen
- nutrient limitation
- phosphorus
- productivity
- agriculture
- pastures
- grasslands
- plant production
- soil nutrients
- Europe
- 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 RecordBackground: High values of specific leaf area (SLA) are generally associated with high maximal growth rates in resource-rich conditions, such as mesic climates and fertile soils. However, fire may…Publication Date 2011
- chaparral
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- soil fertility
- climate
- ecosystem ecology
- community ecology
- community structure
- community function
- California
- USA
- 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 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
- biodiversity
- low input agriculture
- Farms
- Intensive farming
- Economic Value
- 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- degradation
- vegetation
- degradation
- vegetation
- Library Collection Record1. While positive effects of biodiversity on temporal stability of communities have been demonstrated in theoretical and empirical studies, diversity -stability relationships at the population level…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- ecosystem ecology
- covariance
- plant population and community dynamics
- population stability
- synchrony
- temporal stability
- species richness
- plant production
- Thuringia
- 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 RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- species
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- productivity
- remote sensing
- 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
- sheep
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- highlands
- animal health
- intensification
- sustainability
- intensification
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 RecordPublication Date 2010
- grasslands
- rangelands
- compensation
- ecology
- sustainability
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Animal ecology
- grasslands
- Limestone
- soil seed banks
- Biota
- site factors
- resource conservation
- agroecosystems
- agricultural resources
- biodiversity
- seeds
- seed dispersal
- germination
- herbaceous plants
- plant communities
- Library Collection RecordA thorough understanding of the behavior of fire in grasslands is critical to the minimization of the impact of fires on agricultural and pastoral land as well as the successful management of the…Publication Date 2010
- fire
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- climate change
- fire ecology
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- southern Africa
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