Grassland: a global resource

The concept of grasslands as a global resource is not new. Indeed many recognised authorities have been canvassing for a global approach to understanding, managing and exploiting this resource for many years. This is the first book that gathers together leading experts from around the world to outli...

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Körperschaft: International Grassland Congress < 2005, Dublin, Ireland> (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2005
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Zusammenfassung:The concept of grasslands as a global resource is not new. Indeed many recognised authorities have been canvassing for a global approach to understanding, managing and exploiting this resource for many years. This is the first book that gathers together leading experts from around the world to outline our current understanding of this complex ecosystem, the ways in which it can be enhanced and utilised and where the research challenges are for the future. The following themes unite the book: - Efficient production from grassland; - Grassland and the environment; - Delivering the benefits from grassland. The reader is given an in depth understanding of the biology of the system and how grasslands are crucial for soil stabilisation and water quality. Secondly, much attention is given to how grasslands offer the possibility of increasing food supply and income generation, which is a hugely important but often ignored facet in today's climate of
Beschreibung:"This book contains a compilation of four plenary papers and twenty-nine invited papers presented at the main congress of teh XX International Grassland Congress held in the University College Dublin, Ireland from 26 June to 1 July 2005.". - Includes bibliographical references. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (429 Seiten) Illustrationen, maps
ISBN:907699871X
9789076998718
9789086865512
9086865518
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2