Grazing lands represent the largest and most diverse land resource-taking up over half the earth's land surface. The large area grazing land occupies, its diversity of climates and soils, and the potential to improve its use and productivity all contribute to its importance for …
The Extent, General Characteristics, and Carbon Dynamics of U.S. Grazing LandsIntroduction-The Characteristics and Extent of U.S. Grazing Lands, J.M. Kimble, R.F. Follett, and R. LalA Broad Scale Perspective on the Extent, Distribution, and Characteristics of U.S. Grazing Lands,…
Introduction : the characteristics and extent of U.S. grazing lands / J.M. Kimble, R.F. Follett, and R. Lal -- A broad-scale perspective on the extent, distribution, and characteristics of U.S. grazing lands / T.M. Sobecki...[et al.] -- Organic carbon pools in grazing land soils…
Introduction to grazing; Grazing effects on plants and soil; Spatial patterns in grazing; Manipulating grazing distribution; Grazing and herbivore nutrition; Grazing activities and behavior; Plant selection in grazing; Kand and mix of grazing animal; Grazing animal intake and eq…
India's sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty. But this may come at a steep cost to the nation's environment and natural resources. This insightful book analyzes India's growth from an economic perspective and assesses whether …
This volume (71 chapters), the fifth in a series documenting biological control programmes in Canada, presents new information on specific insect, weed or plant diseases, some of which are updates of on-going studies on historical biological control projects while other chapters…
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, environm…
Rangelands are those parts of the world where pastoral people graze native and domestic herbivores on native vegetation. Here the natural and fossil resources are utilized by other people for a host of purposes, including fuels and minerals, water catchment, ecotourism and recre…
