Competition and succession in pastures / edited by Philip G. Tow, Department of Agronomy and Farming Systems, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, Australia and Alec Lazenby, formerly, Director, Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, UK, and Professor of Agronomy, University of New England, Australia.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001Copyright date: 2001Description: 1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
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- SB199 .C62 2001eb
This multi-author book describes how competition between plant species and succession in plant ecosystems operate in natural and sown pastures. It discusses how competition affects botanical structure, productivity and persistence, and is itself regulated by biological, environmental and management factors. It includes chapters on grass-legume competition, diversity in humid temperate pastures, formulation of seed mixtures, effects of large herbivores on competition and succession in savanna rangelands, the interaction of competition and management in native pastures, effects of climatic change, and the measurement of competition and competition effects in pastures.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Competition and Succession in Pastures : Some Concepts and Questions / P.G. Tow and A. Lazenby -- Measurement of Competition and Competition Effects in Pastures / N.R. Sackville Hamilton -- Genotype and Environmental Adaptation as Regulators of Competitiveness / I.G.M.O. Nurjaya and P.G. Tow -- Competition between Grasses and Legumes in Established Pastures / A. Davies -- Plant Competition in Pastures : Implications for Management / D.R. Kemp and W.McG. King -- Diversity and Stability in Humid Temperate Pastures / E.A. Clark -- The Population Dynamics of Pastures, with Particular Reference to Southern Australia / E.C. Wolfe and B.S. Dear -- Formulation of Pasture Seed Mixtures with Reference to Competition and Succession in Pastures / W. Harris -- Effects of Large Herbivores on Competition and Succession in Natural Savannah Rangelands / C. Skarpe -- Competition and Environmental Stress in Temperate Grasslands / D.A. Peltzer and S.D. Wilson -- Interaction of Competition and Management in Regulating Composition and Sustainability of Native Pasture / D.L. Garden and T.P. Bolger -- Global Climate Change Effects on Competition and Succession in Pastures / B.D. Campbell and D.Y. Hunt -- Competition and Succession in Re-created Botanically Diverse Grassland Communities / R. Chapman -- Implications of Competition between Plant Species for the Sustainability and Profitability of a Virtual Farm Using a Pasture-Wheat Rotation / B.R. Trenbath -- Some Concluding Comments / A. Lazenby and P.G. Tow.
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