Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research

• Published in: Field and laboratory methods for grassland and animal production research
• Main Authors: t Mannetje, L, Jones, R. M
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford CABI Publishing 2000; CABI
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; analysis; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; animals; Artiodactyla; BIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; biomass; body condition; botanical composition; chemical composition; Chordata; comparisons; condition; cultivars; cultivated varieties; cycling; EFFICACITE ALIMENTAIRE; EFICIENCIA DE CONVERSION DEL PIENSO; environmental degradation; eukaryotes; EXPERIMENTACION EN CAMPO; EXPERIMENTATION AU CHAMP; FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; Feed utilization efficiency; FIELD EXPERIMENTATION; GRAMINEAS; GRAMINEE; GRASSES; GRASSLAND IMPROVEMENT; grassland soils; GRASSLANDS; GRAZING; GRAZING EXPERIMENTS; HERBAGE; LABORATORY METHODS; liveweight gain; liveweight gains; losses from soil; losses from soil systems; mammals; measurement; METHODE; methodology; METHODS; METODOS; metrology; nitrogen; nutrient cycling; nutritional value; nutritive value; PASTOREO; pasture soils; Pastures; Pastures > Research; patterns; PATURAGE; phosphorus; PLANT PRODUCTION; population dynamics; PRADERAS; PRODUCCION ANIMAL; PRODUCCION VEGETAL; PRODUCTION ANIMALE; PRODUCTION VEGETALE; quality for nutrition; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; range pastures; rangeland soils; rangelands; remote sensing; ruminants; socioeconomic aspects; socioeconomics; soil properties; species; techniques; temperate grasslands; Third World; tropical grasslands; Underdeveloped Countries; vegetation; vertebrates; Developing Countries
• ISBN: 9780851993515; 0851993516
• DOI: 10.1079/9780851993515.0000

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.