Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research / edited by L. 't Mannetje, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands and R.M. Jones, CSIRO, Tropical Agriculture, St Lucia, Australia.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
- FF007
- JJ200
- JJ300
- JJ600
- LL120
- LL520
- PP350
- ZZ100
- ZZ900
- 633.2/02 23
- SB199 .F44 2000eb
Replaces Measurement of grassland vegetation and animal production. 1978.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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