Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
• Subjects: Pastures > Research.; Feed utilization efficiency.; Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Soil Physics.; Soil Fertility.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Nutrition (Production Responses); Grasslands and Rangelands.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Techniques and Methodology.; Ruminants.; Analysis.; Biomass.; Body condition.; Botanical composition.; Chemical composition.; Comparisons.; Cultivars.; Cycling.; Environmental degradation.; Grassland soils.; Grasslands.; Liveweight gain.; Losses from soil.; Measurement.; Methodology.; Nitrogen.; Nutritive value.; Patterns.; Performance.; Phosphorus.; Population dynamics.; Rangeland soils.; Rangelands.; Remote sensing.; Socioeconomics.; Soil properties.; Species.; Techniques.; Temperate grasslands.; Tropical grasslands.; Vegetation.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: Replaces Measurement of grassland vegetation and animal production. 1978.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book brings together a range of methods used to study grasslands (both temperate and tropical) and ruminant performance, including: grassland vegetation and its measurement; pattern analysis in grassland and animal production systems; modelling pasture and animal production; measuring botanical composition of grasslands; measuring sward structure; plant population dynamics in grasslands; measuring biomass of grassland vegetation; evaluation of species and cultivars; remote sensing in vegetation and animal studies; assessing rangeland condition and trend; measuring chemical composition and nutritive value in forages; measuring physical, chemical and biological soil parameters in grasslands; measuring and monitoring nitrogen and phosphorus flows and losses in grassland systems; designing animal production studies; measuring animal performance; and development-oriented socioeconomic methods in grassland and animal production research. The book is primarily aimed at postgraduate students and researchers in these fields.