Overview

This text presents edited, key papers from the International Symposium on Grassland Ecophyisiology and Grazing Ecology held in Curitiba, Brazil in August 1999. It considers how plants within grasslands respond to and are adapted to grazing animals. Contributions and authorities from North and South American, Europe and Australia.

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Author:   Gilles Lemaire (INRA, France) ,  John Hodgson (Massey University, New Zealand) ,  Anibal de Moraes (Universidade Federal do Parana) ,  P Cavalho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780851994529

ISBN 10:   0851994520
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   03 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: Sustainability of grazing systems: goals, concepts and methods, Part I: Environmental constraints and plant responses to defoliation 2: Effects of nitrogen and water supply on N and C fluxes and partitioning in defoliated swards, 3: An integrated view of C and N uses in leaf growth zones of defoliated grasses, 4: Effects of grazing on the roots and rhizosphere of grasses, 5: Reserve formation and recycling of carbon and nitrogen during regrowth of defoliated plants, Part II: Morphogenesis of pasture species and adaptation to defoliation 6: Shoot morphological plasticity of grasses: leaf growth vs. tillering, 7: Tiller dynamics of grazed swards, 8: Effect of nitrogen on some morphogenetical traits of temperate and tropical perennial forage grasses, 9: Modelling the dynamics of temperate grasses and legumes in cut mixtures, Part III: Plant-Animal interactions 10: Plant-animal interactions in complex plant communities: from mechanism to modelling, 11: Modeling spatial aspects of plant-animal interactions, 12: Defoliation patterns and herbage intake on pastures, 13: Selective grazing on grass-legume mixtures in tropical pastures, Part IV: Sustainable grazing management of natural pastures 14: Leaf tissue turnover and efficiency of herbage utilization, 15: Dynamics of heterogeneity in a grazed sward, 16: Soil-plant-animal interactions and impact on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and re-cycling in grazed pasture, 17: Sustainable management of pasture and rangelands, Part V: Problems of Animal Production Related to Pastures in Subtropical and Temperate Regions of South America 18: Campos in Southern Brazil, 19: Campos in Uruguay, 20: Argentina's Humid Pampa,

Reviews

This book would make an excellent addition to the research library at institutions that offer graduate-level courses in the ecology or agronomy of grassland systems. As a grassland ecologist in the humid, subtropical USA, I greatly appreciate and welcome the important new perspectives this collection offers.

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Gilles Lemaire is at INRA, France.

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