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Variation and Correlations among European and North American Orchardgrass Germplasm for Herbage Yield and Nutritive Value

open access: yesAgronomy, 2016
Efforts to improve water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) concentrations are common in perennial forage grass breeding. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) breeding has been very successful in developing new cultivars with high WSC and high agronomic ...
Joseph G. Robins   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) forage quality parameters dependingon the variety, cut and growing year

open access: yesPlant, Soil and Environment, 2006
A field trial was conducted to determine the nutritive value of eight Slovak and Czech red clover varieties and to quantify the effects of variety, cut and year on red clover forage quality.
J. Drobná, J. Jančovič
doaj   +1 more source

Metabolism and hindgut ecosystem in forage fed sedentary and athletic horses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The objective of this thesis was to study the effects of forage crude protein content and forage conservation method on metabolism and hindgut ecosystem, abrupt feed changes and exercise response.
Muhonen, Sara
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The Effect of Semi-Natural Grassland Cutting Height on the Nutritive Value of Fermented Forage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The objective of this study was to determine the nutritive value of fermented forage from semi-natural grassland harvested at 3 cutting heights: (i) cutting height 2 cm, (ii) cutting height 6 cm and (iii) cutting height 13 cm.
Vranić, Marina   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Sustainability Labelling on Consumers' Evaluation and Choice of Food Products: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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