It has been an observation of mine over the last few years that in articles dealing with animal allocation to pasture or rangeland in various countries,there are differences between authors in the units used for some ...
Background:Grazing approaches are needed to increase the resilience of perennial ryegrass(Lolium perenne L.)-based pastures subject to increasing drought stress.One opportunity has focused on seedhead management in la...
funded by the Norwegian Research Council through the project MitiStress(Grant No.286773).
Revegetation of former agricultural land is a key option for climate change mitigation and nature conservation.Expansion and abandonment of agricultural land is typically influenced by trends in diets and agricultural...
In Senegal, natural pasture plays a major role in feeding livestock. During the rainy season, herbaceous plants account for a large proportion of the fodder consumed by ruminants. In Casamance, the composition and qua...
Land degradation poses significant threats to food and environmental security globally. In arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), livestock production is an important and significant livelihood. Unfortunately, overstocking...
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,Grant/Award Number:DFG-Jo228/8-1。
Background:Soil structure is a key indicator of the functioning of soil processes in grasslands,which is influenced by site conditions and management.Methods:In this study,we investigated soil structure and its relati...
Meat and Livestock Australia,Grant/Award Number:P.PSH.1048。
Background:The ability to finish livestock on pasture over the summer–autumn period could improve the profitability of red meat enterprises in drought-prone temperate regions.In south-eastern Australia,traditional pe...
DairyNZ;New Zealand Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry(MAF),Grant/Award Number:“Sustainable Farming Fund project 08/019–Best-Practice Pasture Renewal for Forage Production and Sustainability”;AgResearch,Grant/Award Number:Strategic Science Investment Fund。
Background:Perennial ryegrass(Lolium perenne)in New Zealand pastures is typically infected with the mutualist Epichloëfungal endophyte.This endophyte assists the plant in resisting biotic and abiotic stresses,but the ...
Background:Grazing lands provide numerous ecosystem services,including the capacity to store large amounts of soil carbon(C);however,our understanding of the factors affecting soil C responses to management is inadequ...
Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of climatic parameters and their effects on pasture variability is vital for pasture management interventions over East Africa. The present study aims to assess the spatial...