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Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, R. M. (Richard M.) (Editor), Mannetje, L. 't (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
Subjects:
Feed utilization efficiency.
Pastures > Research.
Animal Nutrition (Production Responses)
Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000)
Grasslands and Rangelands.
Mathematics and Statistics.
Meat Producing Animals.
Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.
Soil Fertility.
Soil Physics.
Techniques and Methodology.
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.
Ruminants.
Socioeconomics.
Soil properties.
Species.
Techniques.
Temperate grasslands.
Tropical grasslands.
Vegetation.
Electronic books.
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Description
Abstract: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.
Item Description:Replaces Measurement of grassland vegetation and animal production. 1978.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : illustrations, charts
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
DOI:10.1079/9780851993515.0000
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