Grassland productivity and ecosystem services /
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 vie...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
Cabi,
2011
Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011] |
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| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (p. cm.): 1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps 1 online resource Also issued in printing |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 184593900X (electronic bk.) 184593900X 9781845939007 (electronic bk.) 9781845939007 |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |