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Grassland Ecology and Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Livestock Performance

, 2023
Grassland ecosystems differ in plant and animal species composition and appearance depending on the location and climate [...
Deidre D. Harmon, Edward B. Rayburn, Thomas C. Griggs   +2 more
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Quantitative muscle architecture in large carnivorous marsupials (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and links to substrate use and prey processing

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dasyurid species Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus, and Dasyurus viverrinus, occupying diverse ecological niches and forming a guild structure in Tasmania, provide a basis for examining the roles of various forelimb muscle groups in prey capture and locomotion.
Riya G. Bidaye, Samuel H. Frenkel, David P. Hocking, Alistair R. Evans, Justin W. Adams   +4 more
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Selection of meadow fescue for persistence under frequent defoliation

Grassland Research
Background Meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.) is a reemerging pasture grass for temperate regions of North America. One disadvantage of this species is its lack of tolerance to frequent defoliation at low residual sward heights. This
Michael D. Casler
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Threats and opportunities for European grassland areas under different market and policy scenarios

, 2014
Grasslands are an important landscape element in Europe, but have seen a reduction in area in the last 50 years. To assess future changes under varying price and policy scenarios the FARMIS agri-sector model was utilised to model likely farmer behaviour ...
Hecht, Judith, Peeters, A., Moakes, S., Offermann, Frank   +3 more
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Analyzing Characteristics of Grassland Gross Ecosystem Product to Inform Decision Making in the Karst Desertification Control

, 2023
Synergistically enhancing and realizing the value of grassland ecosystem services (ES) for economic activity is an important but challenging task for achieving sustainability in the karst desertification control (KDC).
Shuzhen Song, Wenfang Zhang, Kangning Xiong, Yongyao Li, Lu Luo   +4 more
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Segmental composition and nerve distribution of the brachial plexus in Galictis cuja

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Galictis cuja is a neotropical mustelid with terrestrial locomotor habits, yet the anatomy of its brachial plexus has remained undescribed. This study characterizes the origin, organization, and distribution of the brachial plexus nerves in 15 adult specimens (30 antimeres).
Natan da Cruz de Carvalho, Thais Mattos Estruc, Ingrid Bete Palmeira, Julia Fagundes Franco, Emillin Reis Bermudez, Paulo de Souza‐Junior, Marcelo Abidu‐Figueiredo   +6 more
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Overview of autotoxicity in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.): Identifying gaps between laboratory findings and demonstration at field scale

Grassland Research
Autotoxicity is a type of intraspecific allelopathy in which compounds released by a plant inhibit the growth of other plants of the same species. In alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), an herbaceous perennial legume widely used in hay and pasture production ...
Paige Baisley, Kimberly A. Cassida
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Should we promote grassland ? A microeconomic analysis

, 2002
Unfavourable or no incentives at all make the farmers use insufficient grassland areas, from the society's and economic efficiency's point of view. On the one hand the CAP premium encourage to exploit more crops and less grasslands than what real profit ...
European Grassland Federation, ., European Grassland Federation, Le Goffe, Philippe   +2 more
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Dental anomalies in Pleistocene African hippopotamuses from Olduvai Bed II

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hippopotamuses are key palaeoenvironmental indicators in African Pleistocene ecosystems due to their ecological dependence on permanent water bodies and their frequent representation in the fossil record. This study examines dental anomalies in Hippopotamus cf. gorgops from several localities in Bed II of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), dated to ca.
Darío Fidalgo, Faysal Bibi, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie, Jackson K. Njau, Ignacio de la Torre   +4 more
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Narrow‐leaved plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.): A review of research on forage management within temperate grazing systems

Grassland Research
Forage plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) has emerged as a valuable agronomic species within grazing systems in New Zealand. The release of two cultivars in New Zealand in the mid‐1990s led to on‐farm use and research.
Michael B. Dodd, Ina B. Pinxterhuis, H. Glenn Judson   +2 more
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