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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784120603321

Titolo

Grassland ecophysiology and grazing ecology / / edited by G. Lemaire [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : CABI Pub., 2000

ISBN

1-280-82892-7

9786610828920

0-85199-940-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LemaireGilles <1945->

Disciplina

577.4

633.202

Soggetti

Range management

Grasses - Ecophysiology

Range ecology

Rangelands - South America - Management

Grasses - Ecophysiology - South America

Range ecology - South America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited and revised versions of papers presented at an international conference held in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, Aug. 24-26, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Preface; 1 Sustainability of Grazing Systems: Goals, Concepts and Methods; 2 Effects of Nitrogen and Water Supply on N and C Fluxes and Partitioning in Defoliated Swards; 3 An Integrated View of C and N Uses in Leaf Growth Zones of Defoliated Grasses; 4 Effects of Grazing on the Roots and Rhizosphere of Grasses; 5 Reserve Formation and Recycling of Carbon and Nitrogen during Regrowth of Defoliated Plants; 6 Shoot Morphological Plasticity of Grasses: Leaf Growth vs. Tillering; 7 Tiller Dynamics of Grazed Swards

8 Effect of Nitrogen on Some Morphogenetic Traits of Temperate and Tropical Perennial Forage Grasses9 Modelling the Dynamics of Temperate Grasses and Legumes in Cut Mixtures; 10 Plant-Animal Interactions in Complex Plant Communities: from Mechanism to Modelling; 11 Modelling Spatial Aspects of Plant-Animal Interactions; 12 Defoliation Patterns and Herbage Intake on Pastures; 13 Selective



Grazing on Grass- Legume Mixtures in Tropical Pastures; 14 Leaf Tissue Turnover and Efficiency of Herbage Utilization; 15 Dynamics of Heterogeneity in a Grazed Sward

16 Soil-Plant-Animal Interactions and Impact on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycling and Recycling in Grazed Pastures; 17 Sustainable Management of Pasture and Rangelands; 18 Campos in Southern Brazil; 19 Campos in Uruguay; 20 Argentina's Humid Grazing Lands; The Final Resolution; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text presents edited key papers from the International Symposium on Grassland Ecophyisiology and Grazing Ecology held in Curitiba, Brazil in August 1999. It considers how plants within grasslands respond to and are adapted to grazing animals.