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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455039003321

Autore

Pearson C. J.

Titolo

Agronomy of grassland systems / / C.J. Pearson and R.L. Ison [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997

ISBN

1-107-11303-2

0-511-01762-6

1-280-41702-1

9786610417025

1-139-16396-5

0-511-17349-0

0-511-15257-4

0-511-32758-7

0-511-05341-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

633.2/02

Soggetti

Pastures

Grasses

Range management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Overview: perspectives on grassland systems; Chapter 2 The emergence of grassland systems; Chapter 3 Generation; Chapter 4 Vegetative growth; Chapter 5 Flowering and seed production; Chapter 6 Mineral nutrition; Chapter 7 Herbage quality and animal intake; Chapter 8 Grassland...animal interactions and management; Chapter 9 Grassland systems design; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The challenges facing grassland agronomists are becoming increasingly complex, with environmental and ethical issues assuming a greater significance alongside more conventional technical aspects. This new expanded edition, with an increased emphasis on systems thinking, has been revised to reflect current concerns, knowledge and practice. As



such it addresses the need for a different approach to grassland agronomy, providing novel and provocative material to instruct, stimulate and enthuse the reader.