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|a Sistema de Bibliotecas del Tecnológico de Costa Rica
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|a Whyte, R.O.
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|a Tropical Grazing Lands
|b Communities and Constituent Species /
|c by R.O. Whyte.
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|a of Chapters -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Objective and scope -- 1.2 Management of tropical grazing lands -- 1.3 Semantics -- 1.4 Succession and climax -- 1.5 Socio-economic factors -- 1.6 Ecosystems -- 1.7 Wildlife in African ecosystems -- 1.8 Coverage -- 1.9 Contrasts between tropical and temperate latitudes -- 2 Evolution of grass covers: Australia and Asia -- 2.1 Technique of ecological/historical analysis -- 2.2 Australia -- 2.3 Eastern monsoon Asia -- 2.4 Mainland and insular south-east Asia -- 2.5 Western monsoon Asia -- 3 Evolution of grass covers: Africa and America -- 3.1 Africa south of the Sahara -- 3.2 America: South, Central and Caribbean -- 4 Surrey and Assessment of Resources -- 4.1 The integrated or holistic approach -- 4.2 Significance of climate -- 4.3 Aerial photography -- 4.4 United Nations Programmes -- 4.5 The approach of the plant sociologist -- 4.6 Review of international literature -- 4.7 Range condition analysis -- 4.8 Grassland Survey of India -- 4.9 IEMVT, Maisons Alfort, France -- 4.10 Assessment in terms of livestock production -- 5 Synecology and Succession -- 5.1 Percentage of land under extensive and intensive use -- 5.2 Grass covers in forest climaxes -- 5.3 Authenticity of indigenous species -- 5.4 Relative aggression -- 5.5 Relative place in succession -- 5.6 The pantropical ubiquitaries -- 5.7 Indicator value -- 5.8 Types of grass covers -- 5.9 Succession in time and place -- 5.10 America: Caribbean Islands: Succession on abandoned cultivated land -- 6 Ecological Management of Natural Resources -- 6.1 Science and practice of management -- 6.2 Levels of production -- 6.3 Management on basis of condition analysis -- 6.4 The ecological component in range management -- 6.5 Prevention of progression to forest -- 6.6 Forestry working plan -- 6.7 Shrubs and trees in tropical grazing lands -- 6.8 The sylvo-pastoral system -- 7 Addition of Legumes to Sward -- 8 Replacement of Natural Covers -- 8.1 Small proportion of total area -- 8.2 Human sociological distinctions -- 8.3 Changed conditions of soil and habitat -- 8.4 Tailoring species for cultivation -- 9 The Gramineae -- 9.1 Importance -- 9.2 Origin -- 9.3 Taxonomy -- 9.4 Speciation -- 9.5 Taxonomic geography -- 9.6 Contributions to taxonomic geography -- 9.7 C. A. B. Bibliographies -- 10 The Leguminosae -- 10.1 Origin -- 10.2 Taxonomic geography -- 10.3 Legume/Rhizobium symbiosis -- 10.4 Fixation and transfer of nitrogen -- 10.5 Interest outside Australia -- 10.6 Research in Australia -- 10.7 C. A. B. Bibliographies -- 11 Genetic Evolution and Resources -- 11.1 Centres of origin -- 11.2 Reconciliation of species taxonomy and variability -- 11.3 Significance and use of variability -- 11.4 The Dichanthium complex -- 11.5 Reproduction and variability in species -- 11.6 Genetic resources -- 12 Plants and Environment -- 12.1 Autecology -- 12.2 Potential production and energy conversion -- 12.3 Photosynthesis -- 12.4 Root studies -- 12.5 Seasonality in growth -- 12.5.1 Seasonality in individual species -- 12.6 Flowering, reproduction and environment -- 12.7 Seed yield -- 12.8 Genetical response to physiological stress -- Addendum -- 13 Bibliography -- General -- Africa south of the Sahara -- America: South, Central, Caribbean -- Asia: Monsoonal and equatorial -- Australia and Pacific Islands -- 14 Index -- Subjects -- Geographical names -- Plant names.
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