Satellite Symposium 1: Optimisation
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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Large herbivores have a major influence on the structure and the functions of humid grasslands and especially on primary production. Earlier work on the study site showed that grazing intensity was spatially varied and created a diversity of vegetation patches in the grassland (Loucougaray, 2003). The first objective of this study was to determine whether the variation in grazing intensity led to variation of primary production within the three plant communities located at three topographic levels in the grassland. The second objective was to determine whether a relationship linked primary production variation and net soil nitrogen (N) mineralisation.
Citation
Rossignol, N.; Bonis, A.; and Bouzillé, J-B., "Effect of a Grazing Intensity Gradient on Primary Production and Soil Nitrogen Mineralisation in a Humid Grassland of Western France" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 21.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellightsymposium1/21)
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Effect of a Grazing Intensity Gradient on Primary Production and Soil Nitrogen Mineralisation in a Humid Grassland of Western France
Dublin Ireland
Large herbivores have a major influence on the structure and the functions of humid grasslands and especially on primary production. Earlier work on the study site showed that grazing intensity was spatially varied and created a diversity of vegetation patches in the grassland (Loucougaray, 2003). The first objective of this study was to determine whether the variation in grazing intensity led to variation of primary production within the three plant communities located at three topographic levels in the grassland. The second objective was to determine whether a relationship linked primary production variation and net soil nitrogen (N) mineralisation.
