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Contribution of Soil Type to Quantity and Nutritional Value of Grass Species on the South African Highveld

Resources, 2021
The biggest threat to cattle production in most South African communal areas is poor management of grazing, which negatively affects vegetation and soil structures.
Thabile Joyce Mokgakane, Victor Mlambo, Khuliso Emmanuel Ravhuhali, Norman Magoro   +3 more
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Ground-dwelling spider assemblages in contrasting habitats in the central South African Grassland Biome

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2018
Background: Ground-dwelling spider assemblages in shrublands and cultivated pastures in the South African Grassland Biome have never been comprehensively studied.
Charles R. Haddad, Vivian P. Butler
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Seedling emergence of tropical perennial pasture species in response to temperature used to determine sowing time recommendations

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2023
Tropical pasture grasses and legumes can be highly productive and persistent and fill the summer-autumn feed gap typical of temperate pasture systems in southern Australia.
Marja Simpson, Suzanne Patricia Boschma, Yohannes Alemseged, Matthew Thomas Newell, Mark Roger Norton, Warren John Smith, Mark Andrew Brennan, Neil Munday, Steve Harden, Andrew Price   +9 more
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Herbage accumulation dynamics in digit grass subjected to defoliation frequencies

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019
This study was undertaken to examine the herbage accumulation dynamics and structural characteristics of digit grass subjected to different defoliation frequencies in the period of January 2015 to February 2016.
Natan Teles Cruz, Braulio Maia de Lana Sousa, Jailson Lara Fagundes, Alfredo Acosta Backes, José Dantas Gusmão Filho, Ricardo Teles Vilas-Bôas, Cesar Augusto Rizato, Leandro Teixeira Barbosa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herbage Accumulation, Persistence and Nutritive Value of C4 Grasses Grown Across Temperate Environments in South‐Eastern Australia

Grass and Forage Science, Volume 81, Issue 3, July-September 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate modelling has projected increasing temperatures and a shift in rainfall systems in southern Australia, suggesting an increase in the summer–autumn feed gap of pasture systems based on temperate species. Tropical (C4) pasture species may diversify the feed base and help mitigate climate variability in these areas.
Matthew T. Newell, Neil Munday, Ian Toole, Mark Norton, Carol Harris, Richard C. Hayes, Suzanne P. Boschma   +6 more
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Thicket Formation and Light Limitation Drive Patch‐Scale Vegetation Transitions in a Subtropical Savanna

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Bush encroachment drives a shift from savanna dominated by Vachellia karroo to thicket vegetation. As canopies close, light availability declines, herbaceous cover and species richness decrease, and shade‐tolerant species replace open‐savanna taxa. Woody cover above ca.
Marina R. Khoza, Susanne Vetter
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Effectiveness of integrated shrub management and restoration techniques for rehabilitating shrub‐encroached rangelands of South Africa

Grassland Research, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 137-150, June 2026.
Herbaceous plant recovery following shrub clearing and reseeding in the rangelands of Peddie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. CTL, control; CO, cutting only; CR, cutting and reseeding; UPO, uprooting only; UPR, uprooting and reseeding. Abstract Background Shrub encroachment (SE) drives rangeland degradation, threatening biodiversity and forage ...
Monelisi Makanya, Khanyisa Jama, Mthunzi Mndela, Sinalo Malindie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitaria eriantha - environmental weed risk assessment 2022

, 2022
Introducing new plants to an area may have both positive and negative effects on the environment, economy and community. To minimise the negative environmental impact of introducing new agricultural species, DPIRD conducts a risk assessment procedure ...
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
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Identification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria associated with tropical grass silage produced in Okinawa

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2020
In Okinawa, rate of increase in gross agricultural production during 2011‒2016 was the highest in Japan and sales of calves ranked fourth throughout Japan.
Takashi Hanagasaki
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Functional Trait Responses of C4 Bunchgrasses to Fire Return Intervals in the Semi-Arid Savanna of South Africa

Diversity, 2023
C4 grasses coevolved with fires, employing specialized adaptive traits to recover from recurrent fires of varying regimes, thereby maintaining plant diversity and plant population stability.
Mthunzi Mndela, Siphenamhla Moss, Bukho Gusha, Kgabo Humphrey Thamaga, Gbenga Abayomi Afuye, Hazem Ghassan Abdo, Hussein Almohamad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source