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Intro -- GRASSLANDS: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND FUNCTIONS OF GRASSLAND FIELD MARGIN HABITATS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITION OF FIELD MARGIN STRUCTURE -- BENEFITS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY FIELD MARGIN RETENTION WITHIN INTENSIVELY MANAGED GRASSLANDS -- ESTABLISHMENT/REJUVENATION OF BOTANICAL DIVERSITY WITHIN GRASSLAND FIELD MARGINS -- MANAGEMENT OF GRASSLAND FIELD MARGINS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE GLOBAL EXTENT OF BLACK C IN SOILS: IS IT EVERYWHERE? -- THE ROLE OF BLACK CARBON IN GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS -- ARE THERE ROUTINE METHODS TO GENERATE A GLOBAL BC MAP? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PRATACULTURE AND ECOLOGICAL REHABILITATION VIA SHIFT FROM GRAIN PRODUCTION TO VEGETATIVE PRODUCTION IN SOUTH CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPARISON WITH CLIMATIC CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH IN CHINA -- COMPARISON WITH REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND VEGETATIVE PRODUCTIONS -- COMPARISON WITH NUTRIENT YIELDS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND VEGETATIVE PRODUCTIONS -- GROWTH CURVE (SIGMOID CURVE) AND ITS ROLE IN FORAGE AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION -- VEGETATIVE PRODUCTION AND ECO-REHABILITATION IN SOUTH CHINA -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE REAL PATTERN IN THE SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP: CASE STUDY USING GROUND BEETLES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOLAR POWER GENERATION AND USE OF GRASSLAND IN ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- BENEFITS OF MULTI-PADDOCK GRAZING MANAGEMENT ON RANGELANDS: LIMITATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL GRAZING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL AND APPLIED MANAGEMENT SCIENCES -- ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND.
THE REAL IMPACT OF CONTINUOUS GRAZING -- MANAGING FOR DESIRED OUTCOMES -- LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH ON MULTI-PADDOCK GRAZING -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES AND PARADIGMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM LIVESTOCK REMOVAL ON WATER INFILTRATION RATE IN ARID GRASSLANDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- FLOODS RECOVER THE DETERIORATION OF GRASSLANDS AND SOILS CAUSED BY CATTLE GRAZING IN THE FLOODING PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FLOODING PAMPA GRASSLANDS -- GRAZING AND GRASSLANDS -- GRAZING AND SOILS -- FLOODINGS AND GRASSLANDS IN THE FLOODING PAMPA GRASSLANDS -- EFFECT OF FLOODS AND GRAZING ON FLOODING PAMPA SOILS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ON THE ROLE OF SOIL SEED BANK OF RICH PASTURE COMMUNITIES IN A FRAGMENTED SUBMEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RE-CREATING PLANT AND BEETLE ASSEMBLAGES OF SPECIES-RICH CHALK GRASSLANDS ON EX-ARABLE LAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INTEGRATING VEGETATION ECOLOGY INTO CONTEMPORARY PHYTOREMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES: A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO PHYTOREMEDIATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VEGETATION PROCESSES AND ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES -- 3. PLANT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND TRAITS -- 4. PLANT TRAITS AT THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL: COMMUNITY AGGREGATED TRAITS -- 5. PLANT TRAITS AND DISTURBANCE -- 6. POLLUTION, MONITORING AND PHYTOREMEDIATION TECHNIQUES -- 7. PLANT TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF PERFORMANCE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION -- 8. THE VALUE OF METALLOPHYTES IN PHYTOREMEDIATION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A CASE STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
VEGETATION AND FIRE DYNAMICS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY AND THEIR IMPLICATION FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MODERN GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MODERN VEGETATION AND CLIMATE IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL -- LATE QUATERNARY VEGETATION, CLIMATE AND FIRE DYNAMICS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL -- PRE- AND POST-COLUMBIAN FIRE DYNAMICS AND HUMAN IMPACT -- HISTORY OF VEGETATION, FIRE, CLIMATE, HUMAN IMPACT AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR CONSERVATION -- REFERENCES -- GRASSLAND CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY: OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- THE ORIGIN AND AGE OF GRASSLANDS IN THE SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REGIONAL SETTING -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- MODERN GRASSLANDS: DISTRIBUTION AND FLORISTIC FEATURES -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRASSLAND COMMUNITIES -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM GRAZED GRASSLANDS: KEY SOURCES AND ABATEMENT STRATEGIES (CASE STUDY-OVERWINTERING AREAS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, CENTRAL EUROPE) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONDITIONS SUPPORTING N2O FORMATION -- BALANCE BETWEEN N2O PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN THE SOIL -- N2O EMISSIONS, HOT SPOTS IN GRAZED GRASSLANDS AND MITIGATION MEASURES -- A CASE STUDY OF CATTLE OVERWINTERING AREA AND THE SIGNIFICANCE IN N2O EMISSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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Fire management in fens and wet grasslands grazed by cattle [[electronic resource] /] / by Beth A. Middleton
