Nutrient elements in grassland : soil-plant-animal relationships /

This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils, grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those relevant to temperate grasslands. After an introductory chapter, the next 3 chapters deal with nutrient elements in s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitehead, D. C. (David Charles)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2000.
Colección:Cabi Ser.
Temas:
Trace elements in animal nutrition.
Ruminants > Nutrition.
Trace elements in plant nutrition.
Forage plants > Composition.
Soils > Trace element content.
Oligoéléments dans l'alimentation des animaux.
Oligoéléments dans la nutrition des plantes.
Plantes fourragères > Composition.
Sols > Teneur en oligoéléments.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Cattle.
Ruminants.
Sheep.
Cations.
Chemical composition.
Chlorine.
Cycling.
Elements.
Grassland soils.
Grasslands.
Iodine.
Minerals.
Nutrient availability.
Nutrient balance.
Nutrients.
Plant composition.
Temperate grasslands.
Trace elements.
Uptake.
Forage plants > Composition
Ruminants > Nutrition
Soils > Trace element content
Trace elements in animal nutrition
Trace elements in plant nutrition
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Sumario:This book deals with the concentrations and transformations of nutrient elements in soils, grassland plants and ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle. Data are restricted to those relevant to temperate grasslands. After an introductory chapter, the next 3 chapters deal with nutrient elements in soils, the uptake and concentration of nutrients in herbage, and nutrient elements in ruminant animals. The rest of the book deals with individual nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, major cations (K, Na, Ca and Mg), trace element cations (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Co), halogens (Cl and I), and other trace elements (B, Mo and Se). For each element, attention is given to its forms and availability in soils, uptake and distribution in grassland plants, role in animal nutrition, and amounts and forms excreted by grazing animals. Influence of management and environmental factors on nutrient concentrations in herbage, and concentrations needed by ruminants, are considered, and nutrient budgets for each element are estimated for intensively and extensively managed grassland.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 369 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-360) and index.
ISBN:0851999387
9780851999388
1280811862
9781280811869
Acceso:University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus.

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