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" Pastures : "
Natálie T. Procházka, editor.
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BL
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800220
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b620281
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Natálie T. Procházka, editor.
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Pastures : : dynamics, economics and management\ Natálie T. Procházka, editor.
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New York: Nova Science Publishers, ©2011.
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Agriculture issues and policies series.
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(x, 176 pages) : illustrations.
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1621000362
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: 9781621000365
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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.
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Pasture ecology.
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Pastures -- Economic aspects.
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Pastures -- Management.
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SB199.N383 2011
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Natálie T Procházka
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