Herbage Production following Litter Removal on Alberta Native Grasslands

Influence of Plant Functional Group Removal on Inorganic Soil Nitrogen Concentrations in Native Grasslands

High plant functional group diversity has been hypothesized to reduce resource concentrations based on the assumption that species from one functional group acquire resources similarly to one another, while species from other functional groups acquire resources dissimilarly. To determine if functional groups use soil nutrients different from one another, we investigated the impact of removing i...

Stocking rate, precipitation, and herbage production on sand sagebrush-grassland

Knowledge of the relationship between stocking rate or grazing intensity and plant production is fundamental to the sustainable management of rangelands. The general management paradigm is that plant production declines as stocking rate increases. Our objective was to determine the impact of stocking rate on herbaceous production of a sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia Torr.)grassland. Stockin...

Egg comonents of the native fars chickens in cages and on deep-litter

Climatic controls on leaf litter decomposition across European forests and grasslands revealed by reciprocal litter transplantation experiments

Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling under future climate change is associated with large uncertainties in litter decomposition and the turnover of soil C and N. In addition, future conditions (especially altered precipitation regimes and warming) are expected to result in changes in vegetation composition, and accordingly in litter species and chemical composition, but it is unclear how such ch...

Biomass Harvesting of Native Grasslands in West Central Minnesota: A production scale pilot study