Theme 32: Use of Information and Analytical Systems
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to both map the positions of individual nitrogen-fixing shrub plants and record individual plant height and breadth dimensions, within a small catchment of dry sub-humid unimproved short tussock grassland. The distributions of different species of shrubs varied with different landscape units within the catchment. The information will provide the base data for a first approximation of the role of the shrubs in the nitrogen balance of the ecosystem, which is pivotal to the sustainability of pastoral farming in the tussock grasslands.
Citation
Boswell, C. C.; Lowther, W. L.; and Espie, P. D., "Mapping Nitrogen Fixing Shrubs in Dry Unimproved Tussock Grassland" (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 5.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/32/5)
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Mapping Nitrogen Fixing Shrubs in Dry Unimproved Tussock Grassland
Brazil
Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to both map the positions of individual nitrogen-fixing shrub plants and record individual plant height and breadth dimensions, within a small catchment of dry sub-humid unimproved short tussock grassland. The distributions of different species of shrubs varied with different landscape units within the catchment. The information will provide the base data for a first approximation of the role of the shrubs in the nitrogen balance of the ecosystem, which is pivotal to the sustainability of pastoral farming in the tussock grasslands.
