Pastures : dynamics, economics and management /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Procházka, Natálie T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers Incorporated, c2011.
Colección:Agriculture issues and policies series.
Temas:
Pastures > Management.
Pasture ecology.
Pastures > Economic aspects.
Grazing.
Pâturages > Gestion.
Écologie des pâturages.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Grazing
Pasture ecology
Pastures > Economic aspects
Pastures > Management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PASTURES: DYNAMICS, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT ; PASTURES: DYNAMICS, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; RAINFOREST REGENERATION IN ABANDONED PASTURES OF SOUTHEAST MEXICO ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; BARRIERS AGAINST NATURAL REGENERATION IN PASTURES ; 1. Low Seed Availability ; 2. Competition with Pasture Vegetation ; 3. Stressful Microclimatic Conditions and Low Soil Fertility ; 4. High Seed Predation ; THE ROLE OF ISOLATED TREES IN PASTURES ; OBJECTIVE ; MATERIALS AND METHODS ; Study Site ; Pasture Study Sites and Experimental Design ; Microclimate and Grass Biomass.
  • Sampling of the Regenerating Community Seed Rain ; Seed Bank; Seedling Recruitment (1y); Sapling Recruitment (2y) ; Species Composition of Adjacent Forest Fragments ; Seed Predation Experiment ; Studied Pasture Fields ; Seed Collection and Treatments ; Data Analyses ; Isolated Trees and Pasture Vegetation Effect ; Seed Rain, Seed Bank, Seedlings (1y), and Saplings (2y) ; Seed Predation ; RESULTS ; Microclimate; Grass Biomass ; Seedling Recruitment; Seedling Density ; Species Density and Diversity ; Plant Growth Forms and Composition ; Seed Rain ; Seed Bank ; Seedling Recruitment (1y)
  • Sapling Recruitment (2y) Adjacent Forest Fragments; Comparison between Regenerative Communities ; Seed Predation ; ES Species ; LS Species ; Germination ; DISCUSSION ; Isolated Trees and Pasture Vegetation Effect ; Seed Rain, Seed Bank, Seedlings (1y), and Saplings (2y) ; Seed Predation ; CONCLUDING REMARKS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; PASTURES IN THE ZONE OF TEMPERATE CLIMATE: TRENDS FOR DEVELOPMENT, DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF RATIONAL USE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE CHANGING OF ORIGINAL AND PHASIC COMMUNITIES IN THE STEPPE ZONE.
  • SPECIES AND NATURAL PASTURES PRODUCTIVITY IN FOREST
  • STEPPE ZONE DYNAMICS OF PASTURE ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES AS RELATED TO CLIMATIC CHANGES ; THE FORMATION OF CULTIVATED PASTURES ON LOW-YIELD ARABLE LAND ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; PASTURES OF THE U.S. WESTERN GULF COAST REGION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; NATIVE GRASSLANDS ; INTRODUCED PASTURES; General Pasture Characteristics ; Management Options for Introduced Pastures ; Possibilities for Pasture Systems ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; DRYLAND SALINITY AND ITS MITIGATION WITH PERENNIAL PASTURE PHASES ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION.
  • 2. SOIL SALINISATION IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WHEATBELT 3. MANAGEMENT OF SOIL SALINISATION ; 3.1. Use of Saline Land ; 3.2. Preventative Strategies ; 3.2.1. Engineering Techniques ; 3.2.2. Manipulation of Annual-based Systems ; 3.2.3. Employment of Perennial Plants to Increase Water Use ; 4. LUCERNE PASTURES FOR DRYLAND SALINITY MANAGEMENT ; 4.1. Advantages of Lucerne Pasture ; 4.1.1. Persistence ; 4.1.2. Recharge Reduction ; 4.1.3. High Biomass Production; 4.1.4. Weed Control Benefits; 4.1.5. High Nitrogen Fixation ; 4.2. Disadvantages of Lucerne Pasture.

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