Competition and Succession in Pastures - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851994415 ISBN 13: 9780851994413

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"This book will be an outstanding reference for students and a stimulus for future studies by basic and applied pasture scientists."--David Lloyd

Synopsis

This text describes how competition between plant species, and succession in plant ecosystems, operate in grasslands and grazed pastures, both natural and sown. The outcomes of competition and succession are important to agriculture and ecology. Competition and succession are both influenced by environmental and biological factors, and so they may be regulated to optimize botanical composition, productivity and persistence. The book also examines the ways in which competition and succession are analyzed, evaluated and measured.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851994415
• ISBN 13: 9780851994413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Tow Philip, Lazenby Alec