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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521568897
ISBN-139780521568890
eBay Product ID (ePID)543052
Product Key Features
Number of Pages236 Pages
Publication NameAgronomy of Grassland Systems
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAgriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Plants / General, Environmental / General, Agriculture / General
Publication Year1997
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Technology & Engineering
AuthorRay L. Ison, Craig J. Pearson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN96-045572
Dewey Edition19
Reviews‘The book can be well recommended to students, teachers and practitioners of agriculture as a general overview of grassland systems as well as looking at those in a new and different light.’Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, "This view of grassland management as applied ecology is the singular unique strength of the book." Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, ‘A successful synthesis of science and systems thinking has been achieved in a very compact form.’Agricultural Systems, 'A successful synthesis of science and systems thinking has been achieved in a very compact form.' Agricultural Systems, ‘This view of grassland management as applied ecology is the singular unique strength of the book.’Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, "The use of across-the-world examples enhances the applicability of the principles described." Journal of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, "A successful synthesis of science and systems thinking has been achieved in a very compact form." Agricultural Systems, 'The use of across-the-world examples enhances the applicability of the principles described.' Journal of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, ‘The use of across-the-world examples enhances the applicability of the principles described.’ Journal of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, 'The book can be well recommended to students, teachers and practitioners of agriculture as a general overview of grassland systems as well as looking at those in a new and different light.' Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 'The book can be well recommended to students, teachers and practitioners of agriculture as a general overview of grassland systems as well as looking at those in a new and different light.'Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, "...an excellent reference, textbook, or guide for the forage professional, the best I have read promoting looking at forages in a systematic manner...It challenges researchers, extension specialists, consultants, and producers to think of their work as it fits into forage systems on a local or global basis...each chapter cites relevant forage information sources. Many of the chapters could stand alone as excellent literature reviews, their topics are so thoroughly covered." Great Plains Research, 'A successful synthesis of science and systems thinking has been achieved in a very compact form.'Agricultural Systems, 'This view of grassland management as applied ecology is the singular unique strength of the book.' Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal633.202
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Overview: perspectives on grassland systems; 2. The emergence of grassland systems; 3. Generation; 4. Vegetative growth; 5. Flowering and seed production; 6. Mineral nutrition; 7. Herbage quality and animal intake; 8. Grassland - animal interactions and management; 9. Grassland systems design; References; Index.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe challenges facing grassland agronomists are becoming increasingly complex, with environmental and ethical issues assuming a greater significance alongside more conventional technical aspects. This new expanded edition, with an increased emphasis on systems thinking, has been revised to reflect current concerns, knowledge and practice. As such it addresses the need for a different approach to grassland agronomy, providing novel and provocative material to instruct, stimulate and enthuse the reader., This new expanded edition, with an increased emphasis on systems, has been revised to reflect the current environmental and ethical issues concerning the use of grasslands. As such it addresses the need for a different approach, providing novel and provocative material to instruct, stimulate and enthuse the reader.
LC Classification NumberSB199 .P37 1997
