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- Library Collection RecordSavannahs cover more than 40% of Africa and provide a variety of important ecosystem services. Their productivity is constrained by disturbance and limiting resources. In southern Africa, fine-leaf…Publication Date 2012
- fertilization
- grazing
- Kalahari transect
- Namibia
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- savannah
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSeeding & establishing Lucerne PasturesPublication Date 2012
- seeds
- Lucerne
- health
- Commercial farming
- Pasture establishment
- veld
- management
- grasslands
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of conservancies and collaborative nature reserves is often promoted without understanding the impact that such initiatives have on the environment, the wildlife and landowners.…Publication Date 2012
- nature reserve
- management
- game
- livestock
- agriculture
- land use
- conservation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAnnual estimates and seasonal patterns of gross nitrogen turnover in terrestrial soils are poorly understood due to the lack of experimental evidence. Based on year round sampling in wintergrazed and…Publication Date 2012
- annual nitrogen budget
- drying-rewetting
- freeze-thaw
- microbial biomass
- nitrification
- N mineralization
- steppe
- ecosystem ecology
- soils
- grazing
- plant production
- Mongolia
- China
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of exotic species invasions on biodiversity vary with spatial scale, and documentation of local-scale changes in biodiversity following invasion is generally lacking. Coupling long-term…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- community assembly
- competition
- exotic species
- invasion
- livestock grazing
- propagule limitation
- recruitment limitation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- community ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere may double during this century. Plant responses to such an increase depend strongly on their nitrogen status, but the reasons have been uncertain.…Publication Date 2012
- ecology
- C3
- C4
- climate change
- CO2 acclimation
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
- nitrogen
- plant distributions
- grasslands
- carbon dioxide
- climate change
- Library Collection RecordThere is much concern that the functioning of ecosystems will be affected by human-induced changes in biodiversity, of which land-use change is the most important driver. However, changes in…Publication Date 2012
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- ecosystem services
- functional diversity
- grasslands
- grazing intensity
- litter decomposition
- long-term experiment
- primary production
- resource availability
- structural equation modeling
- Mackenzie Basin
- South Island
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordCattle activities may affect pasture biodiversity and productivity. This study investigated the effects of type and size of gaps simulating cattle activities on the recovery and similarity of…Publication Date 2012
- gap size
- grazing
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Does the below-ground bud bank mediate response to drought in restored grasslands? Location Platte River Valley region of south-central Nebraska, USA. Methods We imposed severe drought for…Publication Date 2012
- below-ground
- climate change
- community
- forb
- grass
- Lag
- meristem
- Plant
- prairie
- Rainfall manipulation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- drought
- Nebraska
- USA
- Library Collection RecordMost results of restoration efforts are species-specific and/or site-specific and therefore are not general enough to be easily applied to other species and other sites. Our research addresses the…Publication Date 2012
- British Columbia
- Bunchgrass prairies
- grasslands
- modelling
- Oregon
- Pacific Northwest
- predictive models
- prairies
- Washington
- Oregon
- Washington
- USA
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordQuestions How does horse or sheep grazing affect species richness, diversity and functional composition of plant communities in sub-Mediterranean grasslands? What are the implications of grazing…Publication Date 2012
- Dominant species control
- Functional plant traits
- Grazing avoidance
- grazing management
- grazing tolerance
- Plant diversity conservation
- grazing
- sheep
- horses
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- diversity
- Italy
- Library Collection RecordQuestion Low quantities of soil nutrients often restrict plant establishment and growth in arid lands and have been partially attributed to the scarcity of organic matter in these ecosystems. Refuse…Publication Date 2012
- Acromyrmex lobicornis
- facilitation
- germination
- grazing
- seedling vigour
- soil nutrients
- Monte Desert
- Neuquén Province
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordQuestion In many industrialized countries biodiversity is declining. Although changes in species composition and species richness have been documented for many individual systems, little long-term…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural intensification
- Agri-environment schemes (AES)
- Floristic value
- Nature reserves
- Nutrient richness
- species richness
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- agriculture
- conservation
- management
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What is the overall restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank of abandoned alvar grassland sites? To what degree does the share of characteristic alvar grassland species in the…Publication Date 2012
- Abandonment
- grassland management
- grazing
- Limestone grassland
- Optimal sampling time
- seed density
- Seed mass
- Semi-natural grassland
- species richness
- Traditional management
- seed bank
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- Estonia
- Library Collection RecordQuestion To what extent is restoration of vegetation in coastal grasslands delayed by accumulation of nutrients after abandonment of traditional management and subsequent reed encroachment? How does…Publication Date 2012
- Boreal Baltic coastal meadows
- Coastal salt marsh
- eutrophication
- grazing
- land-use change
- management
- nutrients
- Restoration success
- Estonia
- Library Collection RecordQuestions (a) What are directions of spontaneous succession; in particular, do target stages (identified as shrubby grassland and semi-natural deciduous woodland) develop, and if so, which species…Publication Date 2012
- Ellenberg indicator values
- Old-fields
- ordination
- restoration
- species richness
- succession
- target species
- grasslands
- Phytosociology
- Library Collection Record1. We provide a brief overview of progress in our understanding of introduced plant species. 2. Three main conclusions emerge from our review: (i) Many lines of research, including the search for…Publication Date 2012
- community susceptibility to invasion
- disturbance
- evolution in introduced species
- grazing
- invasion ecology
- traits of successful aliens
- Library Collection RecordThis study compared the profitabilities of systems of dairy production based on N-fertilized grass (FN) and grass-white clover (WC) grassland and assessed sensitivity to changing fertilizer N and…Publication Date 2012
- pasture
- Economic Aspects
- grazing
- management
- white clover
- fertilizer N
- grassland
- dairy production
- net margin
- Solohead Research Farm
- Ireland
- Library Collection RecordThe Grange Feed Costing Model was modified to simulate the economic implications of grassland management strategies for a grass-based suckler beef calf-to-weanling system at the whole-farm level. The…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- conservation
- grassland
- suckler cow
- feed cost
- simulation model
- Library Collection RecordThere is increased global interest in the environmental impacts of farming, including the need to prevent the contamination of soil, water and air with excessive amounts of nitrogen (N) and…Publication Date 2012
- faeces
- urine
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- grazing
- England
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this study was to investigate the response of ?15N in herbage and cattle tail switch hair to long-term grazing pressure on a rough fescue grassland (Festuca campestris Rydb.) near…Publication Date 2012
- ADF
- grassland
- grazing
- NDF
- nitrogen
- Stable isotope
- Stavely
- Alberta
- Canada
- Library Collection RecordThresholds and transitions between vegetation states are accepted components of models of rangeland dynamics. By definition, transitions represent changes from one state to another that are enduring…Publication Date 2012
- alternative states
- range monitoring
- state and transition
- vegetation dynamics
- rangelands
- management
- grasslands
- policies
- Library Collection RecordHyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf (Coolatai grass) is a summer-active, C4 perennial tussock grass, native to southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, which has invaded areas of native flora in…Publication Date 2012
- Alien species
- Coolatai grass
- disturbance
- establishment
- population dynamics
- Weeds
- seed banks
- germination
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Alien invasive species
- management
- herbicides
- grasslands
- mowing
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordIn the last few decades unimproved semi-natural grasslands have been affected by intensification of land use and habitat fragmentation. Because of their biodiversity these species-rich grasslands are…Publication Date 2012
- Rhinanthus minor
- population genetics
- Hemiparasite
- Habitat restoration
- grasslands
- land use
- biodiversity
- conservation
- seeds
- restoration ecology
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordCalcareous grasslands are among the most diverse habitats, supporting species-rich vegetation. Propagule limitation and availability of microsites for germination represent major constraints to the…Publication Date 2012
- seed addition
- grazing
- Bromus erectus
- permanent plot
- BACI design
- long-term monitoring
- Monte Labbro
- Tuscany
- Library Collection RecordWhat underlies species distribution and species coexistence has long been of key interest in community ecology. Several methods and theories have been used to address this question. However, it still…Publication Date 2012
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- national park
- conservation
- management
- community ecology
- savanna
- Kruger National Park
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordFeatures Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- management
- game
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordAbstract There has been a reduced use of fire as a management tool in grazing systems within the Burdekin rangelands since the wet years of the 1970’s. Several severe droughts and the adverse…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- Extension
- woodland thickening
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Mitchell Grass pastures are valued for their high carrying capacity and traditionally there has been some reluctance to use fire in their management. The effects of fire in a cattle…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire
- grazing
- Mitchell grass
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Is the use of rangelands for cattle production consistent with the conservation of natural habitat? The problem is discussed in the context of a case study of Toomba Station, a fully…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- sustainability
- Australia
- conservation
- Library Collection RecordAbstract: Soil respiration is the major source of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in terrestrial systems.In tropical rangeland ecosystems disturbance regimes, such as cattle grazing and fire, impact soil…Publication Date 2012
- soil temperature
- soil moisture
- woodlands
- grasslands
- CO2
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Fire is an integral component of tropical savannas, but is often actively excluded from commercially grazed systems in northern Australia. The Kidman Springs Fire Trial (Victoria River…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- Australia
- fire management
- tropical savannas
- Library Collection RecordAuthor summary: "...In this paper, I will talk about my experience of the last 4 years, managing my grazing enterprise as a complex system. I will tell you a bit about what I’ve done…Publication Date 2012
- grazing
- stocking rate
- wool production
- sheep
- Nutritional Requirements
- Australia
- complex systems
- Library Collection RecordThe Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the USDA Forest Service to conduct assessments of resource conditions. This report fulfills that need and focuses on quantifying extent,…Publication Date 2012
- remote sensing
- grazing
- livestock
- rangeland health
- Renewable Resources Planning Act
- United States
- Library Collection RecordJohn Taylor of the University of Queensland Gaton and Mike Chuk of the Desert Channels Group discuss the ongoing encroachment of woody species in Australia's grasslands. Largely, this is because…Publication Date 2012
- woodlands
- grasslands
- climate change
- Australia
- Queensland
- woodland encroachment
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University takes us on a tour of the TNC's Tall Grass Prairie reserve. She explains the relations between historical Bison grazing, periodic fire, and drought in…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- fire ecology
- fires
- invasive species
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection RecordKaren Hickman of Oklahoma State University gives an up close and personal look at a wildfire raging across her family's land. With her background in range ecology, it is the perfect opportunity…Publication Date 2012
- wildfires
- grasslands
- Oklahoma
- United States
- Library Collection RecordPat Johnson and Roger Gates of South Dakota State University explain how to correctly estimate utilization of forage in a rangeland setting. Source: Autonomy ProductionsPublication Date 2012
- utilization
- forage
- grazing
- United States
- Library Collection RecordIndicators of rangeland health generally do not include a measure of biodiversity. Increasing attention to maintaining biodiversity in rangelands suggests that this omission should be reconsidered,…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- climate
- fire
- grazing
- indicators
- nitrogen fertilization
- prairie dogs
- Library Collection RecordThere is concern over the decline of aspen and the lack of successful regeneration due to excessive browsing of aspen suckers by cattle and other wild and domestic ungulates. We conducted a 2-yr…Publication Date 2011-11-01
- browsing
- forage quality
- grazing
- nutritional quality
- Populus tremuloides
- ungulates
- Library Collection RecordThrough pyric herbivory (i.e., fire-induced grazing patterns), native grasslands were historically a spatially heterogeneous environment. It is hypothesized that the mosaic of habitats created by…Publication Date 2011-07-01
- grazing
- heterogeneity
- invertebrates
- Oklahoma
- patch-burn grazing
- prescribed fire
- shrublands
- Library Collection RecordFuel loading information is important for prescribed fire planning, evaluating wildfire risk, and understanding fire effects in grassland. Yet fuel loads in grasslands often go unmeasured because of…Publication Date 2011-01-01
- fire
- fuel load
- grasslands
- photo board
- techniques
- 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
- calves
- Land races
- feeding systems
- grazing
- feed supplements
- slaughter weight
- chemical composition
- Spain
- 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
- sheep
- grazing
- feed additives
- selenium
- milk yield
- milk fat
- selenium
- 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
- dairy cows
- Dairy cattle
- Parturition
- reproduction
- seasons
- body condition
- milk
- proximate composition
- chemical composition
- grazing
- Parturition
- reproduction
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- management
- phenology
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grasslands
- botanical composition
- species
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