Competition and succession in pastures [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Philip G. Tow and Alec Lazenby

• Pubblicazione: Oxon, OX, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 633.2/02
• Soggetto topico: Pastures; Forage plants; Pasture ecology
• Altri autori: TowP. G LazenbyAlec
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Competition and Succession in Pastures - Some Concepts and Questions; 2 Measurement of Competition and Competition Effects in Pastures; 3 Genotype and Environmental Adaptation as Regulators of Competitiveness; 4 Competition between Grasses and Legumes in Established Pastures; 5 Plant Competition in Pastures - Implications for Management; 6 Diversity and Stability in Humid Temperate Pastures; 7 The Population Dynamics of Pastures, with Particular Reference to Southern Australia ; 8 Formulation of Pasture Seed Mixtures with Reference to Competition and Succession in Pastures9 Effects of Large Herbivores on Competition and Succession in Natural Savannah Rangelands; 10 Competition and Environmental Stress in Temperate Grasslands; 11 Interaction of Competition and Management in Regulating Composition and Sustainability of Native Pasture; 12 Global Climate Change Effects on Competition and Succession in Pastures; 13 Competition and Succession in Re-created Botanically Diverse Grassland Communities ; 14 Implications of Competition between Plant Species for the Sustainability and Profitability of a Virtual Farm Using a Pasture-Wheat Rotation15 Some Concluding Comments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text describes how competition between plant species, and succession in plant ecosystems, operate in grasslands and grazed pastures, both natural and sown. It also examines the ways in which competition and succession are analyzed, evaluated and measured.
• Titolo autorizzato: Competition and succession in pastures
• ISBN: 1-280-81189-7; 9786610811892; 0-85199-703-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780025903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II