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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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...

Table of Contents:

• Grassland Vegetation and its Measurement / L. 't Mannetje and R.M. Jones
• Pattern Analysis in Grassland and Animal Production Systems / A.M. Kelly and K.E. Basford
• Modelling Pasture and Animal Production / K.G. Rickert, J.W.Stuth and G.M. McKeon
• Measuring Botanical Composition of Grasslands / R.D.B. Whalley and M.B. Hardy
• Measuring Sward Structure / E.A. Laca and G. Lemaire
• Plant Population Dynamics in Grasslands / M.J.M. Hay, R.M. Jones and D.M. Orr
• Measuring Biomass of Grassland Vegetation / L. 't Mannetje
• Evaluation of Species and Cultivars / R. Schultze-Kraft and L. 't Mannetje
• Remote Sensing in Vegetation and Animal Studies / M.L. Roderick, V. Chewings and R.C.G. Smith
• Assessing Rangeland Condition and Trend / M.H. Friedel, W.A. Laycock and G.N. Bastin
• Measuring Chemical Composition and Nutritive Value in Forages / A.T. Adesogan, D.I. Givens and E. Owen
• Measuring Physical, Chemical and Biological Soil Parameters in Grasslands / J. Bouma, J.P. Curry and V.J.G. Houba
• Measuring and Monitoring Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flows and Losses in Grassland Systems / S.C. Jarvis and O. Oenema
• Designing Animal Production Studies / D.I. Bransby and A.R. Maclaurin
• Measuring Animal Performance / D.B. Coates and P. Penning
• Development-oriented Socioeconomic Methods in Grassland and Animal Production Research / A. Waters-Bayer and W. Bayer.