Description |
1 online resource. |
|
text file |
Series |
Agriculture issues and policies
|
|
Agriculture issues and policies series.
|
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Pastures -- Management.
|
|
Pastures -- Management. |
|
Pasture ecology.
|
|
Pasture ecology. |
|
Pastures -- Economic aspects.
|
|
Pastures -- Economic aspects. |
|
Pastures. |
|
Grazing.
|
|
Grazing. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
Added Author |
Procházka, Natálie T.
|
Other Form: |
Print version: Pastures New York : Nova Science Publishers Inc., c2011. 9781617286711 (hardcover) (DLC) 2010023914 |
ISBN |
9781621000365 ebook |
|
1621000362 |
|
9781617286711 hardcover |
|
1617286710 |
|