Competition and Succession in Pastures
Published on 28. November 2001
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-85199-441-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book describes how competition between plant species, and succession in plant ecosystems, operate in grasslands and grazed pastures, both natural and sown. It discusses how competition both affects botanical structure, productivity and persistence of pastures and is itself regulated by biological, environmental and management factors, such as grazing animals. The book also examines the ways in which competition and succession are analysed, evaluated and measured, and brings to the agricultural arena the considerable progress made in understanding the principles of competition from theoretical and experimental ecology.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-441-3 (9780851994413)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1: Competition and Succession in Pastures - Some Concepts and Questions, P Tow and A Lazenby 2: Measurement of Competition and Competition Effects in Pastures, N R Sackville Hamilton 3: Genotype and Environmental Adaptation as Regulators of Competitiveness, IG M O Nurjaya and P G Tow 4: Competition Between Grasses and Legumes in Established Pastures, A Davies 5: Plant Competition in Pastures - Implications for Management, D R Kemp and W McG King 6: Diversity and Stability in Humid Temperate Pastures, E A Clark 7: The Population Dynamics of Pastures, with Particular Reference to Southern Australia, E C Wolfe and B S Dear 8: Formulation of Pasture Seeds Mixtures with Reference to Competition and Succession in Pastures, W Harris 9: Effects of Large Herbivores on Competition and Succession in Natural Savanna Rangelands, C Skarpe 10: Competition and Environmental Stress in Temperate Grasslands, D A Peltzer and S D Wilson 11: Interaction of Competition and Management in Regulating Composition and Sustainability of Native Pasture, D L Garden and T P Bolger 12: Global Climate Change Effects on Competition and Succession in Pastures, B D Campbell and D Y Hunt 13: Competition and Succession in Re-created Botanically Diverse Grassland Communities, R Chapman 14: Implications of Competition Between Plant Species for the Sustainability and Profitability of a Virtual Farm Using a Pasture-Wheat Rotation, B R Trenbath 15: Some Concluding Comments, A Lazenby and P G Tow 16: Index