Grassland productivity and ecosystem services / edited by Gilles Lemaire, John Hodgson, Abad Chabbi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lemaire, Gilles, 1945-

Hodgson, J. (John), 1937-

Chabbi, Abad.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grassland ecology.

Grasslands.

Rangelands.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book contains 28 chapters with emphasis on the interactive nature of the relationships between the soil, plant, animal and environmental components of grassland systems, both natural and managed. It analyses the present knowledge and the future trends of research for combining the classical view of grasslands, as a resource for secure feeding of an increasing human population, with the more recent perspective of the contribution of grasslands to the mitigation of environmental impacts and biodiversity erosion as consequences of human society activities. The chapters are organized within five sections dealing with the different functions and the main ecosystem services expected from grasslands: (i) domestic herbivore feeding and animal production; (ii) the regulation of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences for the environment; (iii) dynamics of biodiversity hosted by grasslands; (iv) integration of grasslands within sustainable animal production systems; and (v) interactions of grassland areas with other land use systems at the landscape level.

Contents:

Food security and environmental impacts: challenge for grassland sciences / Gilles Lemaire, John Hodgson, Abad Chabbi

Primary production of grasslands, herbage accumulation and use, and impacts of climate change / Anthony Parsons ... [and others]

Nutritional constraints for grazing animals and the importance of selective grazing behaviour / Dennis P. Poppi

The influence of vegetation characteristics on foraging strategy and ingestive behaviour / Sophie Prache, Remy Delagarde

Variability, heterogeneity, diversity and productivity in grazing systems / Andrew Illius, Hervé Fritz, John Fryxell

Importance of scale in the management of grassland resources / John G. McIvor

Livestock production styles and managing grassland ecosystems / David R. Kemp, David L. Michalk

Carbon storage and organic matter dynamics in grassland soils / Cornelia Rumpel

Managing C and N in grassland systems: the adaptive cycle theory perspective / Roland Bol, Robert M. Dunn, Emma S. Pilgrim

Managing mineral N leaching in grassland systems / Stewart F. Ledgard, J. Luo, R.M. Monaghan

Greenhouse gas emissions from European grasslands and mitigation options / Nina Buchmann

Role and impacts of legumes in grasslands for high productivity and N gain from symbiotic N₂ fixation / Andreas Lüscher, Jean-Francois Soussana, Olivier Huguenin-Elie

Efficiency of phosphorus cycling in different grassland systems / Richard W. McDowell, Peter J.A. Kleinman

Predicting biodiversity dynamics of grasslands under global change: the role of long-term manipulations of climate / Andrew P. Askew, Jason D. Fridley, J. Philip Grime

Interactions between grassland management and species diversity / Bertrand Dumont, Jerry R.B. Tallowin

Assessing the functional role of plant diversity in grasslands: a trait-based approach / Eric Garnier, Marie-Laure Navas

Exploiting genotypic and phenotypic plant diversity in grasslands / Mike Humphreys ... [and others]

Soil microbial diversity in grasslands and its importance for grassland functioning and services / Xavier Le Roux, Sylvie Recous, Eleonore Attard

Soil fauna diversity and ecosystem functions in grasslands / Thibaud Decaëns, Patrick Lavelle

Role of grasslands in intensive animal production in north-west Europe: conditions for a more sustainable farming system / Jean-Louis Peyraud

Management of grazing systems in New Zealand and environmental impacts / M. Greg Lambert, V.O. Snow

Rangeland management for sustainable conservation of natural resources / Craig D. Morris

Opportunities and challenges for integrating North American crop and livestock systems / Alan J. Franzluebbers, R. Mark Sulc, Michaele P. Russelle

Integration of grasslands within crop systems in South America / Paulo C.F. de Carvalho, Anibal de Moraes

Temperate grasslands in catchment systems: the role of scale, connectivity and thresholds in the provision and regulation of water quality and quantity / Christopher J.A. McLeod, Robert C. Ferrier

Integration of grasslands with forest at the landscape level / Gérard Balent, Annick Gibon

The role of grassland areas within arable cropping systems for the conservation of biodiversity at the regional level / Vincent Bretagnolle ... [and others]

Interactions between cereal cropping systems and pastoral areas as the basis for sustainable agriculture development in Mediterranean countries / Aïssa Abdelguerfi, Tayeb Ameziane El Hassani

A way for developing an integrated system at the landscape level in tropical areas / René Poccard-Chapuis, Philippe Lecomte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Grassland productivity and ecosystem services.

ISBN:

9781845939007

184593900X

OCLC:

759600054

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.