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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste.	
Data corrente: 	05/11/1998	
Data da última atualização: 	17/02/2011	
Autoria: 	BAKER, M. J. (Ed.).	
Título: 	Grasslands for our world.	
Ano de publicação: 	1993	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	Wellington: SIR, 1993.	
Páginas: 	865 p.	
ISBN: 	0-908654-47-2	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	Keynote addresses; Human impact on terrestrial ecosystems-what we know and what we are doing abouto it; Grasslands for our world; Grasslands for sustainable ecosystems; High tecnology for our grasslands; Science and information for our grasslands; Arid/Semi-arid zones; Problems and opportunities for commercial animal production in the arid and semi-arid rangelands; Forage and animal management on communal rangelands in arid and semi-arid rangelands; Plant growth; Physiology of plant recovering from defoliation; Morphogenetic and structural determinants of plant growth after defoliation; Plant resources; Searching for new germplasm for the year 2000 and beyond; Establishing and sharing collections of a valuable global resource; Distinct wet-dry seasonal zones; The chaco savanna lands of South America with particular reference to the processes of degradation in their pastoral and forestry resources; Long-term sustainability of livestok-producing farming systems in contrasting regions with mediterranean-type climates; Plant communities; Distribution and abundance of plant species in pastures and rangelands;Plan t demography and grassland community balance: the contribution of population regulation mechanism; Plant improvement; Achievements and perspectives in he breeding of forage grasses and legumes; Plant improvement - the evaluation and extension processes; Humid subtropical and tropical zones; Sustainability of African farming systems with particular reference to soil fertility, multiple cropping systems and weed ingress in smallholder systems in humid tropical africa; Sustanability of forage-livestick production in smallholder and plantation systems of Asia; Nutritive value; Ruminant animal production from forages-present position and future opportunities; Implications of improvements in nutritive value for plant performance and grassland management; Technology transfer and education; The product of science; From technonology transfer to resource management; Winter cold zones; Rangeland exploitation-the global need for integrated science; Factors required to sustain pastoral farming systems and forage supply in winter col zones; Foraging strategy; Foraging strategies of ruminant livestock on intensively managed grasslands-potential and constraints; Comparative foraging strategies of grazing ungulates in Afrian savana grasslands; Information and analytical systems; Modelling as a tool for science progress; Decision support systems in the transfer of grasslands technology; Socieconomic factors and pastoral systems; Land use in non-affluent countries as determined by social infraestructure and population patterns; The future of sustainable agriculture in the United States; Forage management; An ecological approach to forage management; Range management-optimising forage production and quality; Invertebrate pests, plant pathogens and beneficial organisms; Invertebrate pests, plant pathogens and beneficial organisms of improved temperate pastures; Invertebrate pests, plant pathogens and beneficial organism in extensive natural grassland; Grassland production and trade issues; Policy developments and trade prospects for grasslands-based products; European grasslands farming-future prospects; A traditional exporter's perspective of trade reforms; Impact of changing trade opportunities on livestook production in developing countries; New zeland farming forum; Dairy farming in New Zealand; Sheep and beet farming on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand; Sustainable high country farming; Maximising profit and minimising risk on a pasture-based South Island intensive meat and wool farm; Molecular biology-tools for plant improvement; Advances in genetictransformation of plants; Applications of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPF) markers in plant biology; Molecular biology-forage quality; Improving pastuare digestibility-low lignin forages; Transfer of genes encoding proteins with high nutritional value into pasture legumes; Molecular biology-resistance to plant diseases and pests; Development of plants resistant to insect pests using gene manipulation; Genetically engineered protection against viruses and fungi; Molecular biology-microbe symbiosis; Genetics of fibre degradation in the rumen, particulary in relation to anaerobic fungi, and its modification by recombinant DNA technology; Molecular basis of legume-Rhizobium interactions-potentials for improving symbiotic nitrogen fixation; Climate change; A climate change perspective on grasslands; Climate change and grasslands-a life-zone and biota perspective; Climate change-Predicting the effects; Prediction of grassland plant responses to global change; Climate change and grasslands-ecosystem-level responses to elevated carbon dioxide; Climate change-Adapting the systems; Climate change-adapting tropical and subtropical grasslands; Evaluating the effects of climate changes on grasslands; Climate change- Grasslands role; Significance of grasslands in emission and absorption of greenhouse gases; Implications for grasslands of the response to climate change by the world food system; Defining GCTE modelling needs for pastures and rangelands: Summary of a workshop; Grasslands system development; Development of intensive grasslands systems-from science to practice; The ecology of grazing management; Soil characteristics and processes in dry environments; Nutrient cycling in semi-arid grasslands and savannas-its influence on pattern, productivity and stability; Soil characteristics and processes critical to the sustainable use of grasslands in arid, semi-arid and seasonaly dry environments; Soil characteristics and processes in temperate environments; Soil characteristics and elemental cycling in temperate grasslands: Area landscape dynamics controlled by microsite conditions; Recent considerations of grasslands "soil quality" in temperate regions; Soil characteristics and processes in humid subtropical environments; Origin and regulation of nutrient supply to plants in humid tropical grasslands; Soil quality and its management in humid subtropical and tropical environments; Plant-related toxins; Recent developments in higher plant toxin research of relevance to animal production; Coping with mycotoxins that constrain animal production; Intensive temperate zones; Trends in intensive grassland systems; Opportunities and constrains for production of maketable products from temperate grasslands systems with minimal financial inputs; Dairy fram case study; An international perspective od drairyng in New Zealand; Dairy farming in New Zealand; Winter cold temperate rangelands-problem identification; Managing for economic and ecological stability of range and range-improved grasslands systems with the SPUR2 model and the STEERISKIER spreadsheet; Li Bo and Yong Shiping: winter cold temperate grasslands-problem identification; Winter cold temperate rangelands-Improvement strategies: Winter cold temperate rangelands-improvement strategies for intensive rangeland ecosystems; Improvement strategies in winter cold temperate rangelands with particular reference to extensive grazing lands of iran; Rangelands in dry mountain areas; Winter cold temperate rangelands-maitenance and restoration: Strategies for maintenance and restoration of soil, water, flora and fauna resorces in cold temperate rangelands. I. Grass in not always king: manage for diversity; II. Technology transfeer tthrough a fully integrated natural resource decision-support system; High-elevation rangeland in the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau-issues, perspectives and strategies for livestok developmenmt and resource conservation; Winter cold temperate rangelands-integration of pastoral and non-pastoral USES; Integration of pastoral and non- pastoral uses on temperature rangelands with col winters in developed countries...Tradition and pastoral sustainability-an exercise in the applied human ecology of mountain rangelands; Achieving potential herbage seed yields: Achieving potential herbage seed yields in species of temperate regions; Achieving potential herbage seed yields in tropical regions; Sustainable supplies of quality herbage seed for subSaharan Afirca smallholders; Towards more forage seeds for smallfarmers in Latin America; Harvesting and processingf of herbage seeds: Harvesting and processing techniques of tropical grass and legume seeds for smaafarmers; Mechanical hasvesting and processing of temperate zone and tropical pasture seed; Herbage seed quality: The benefits of seed quality in intensive temperate forage systems; Importance of tropical pasture seed quality and factors affecting it in smallholder farming systems; Stability of tropical and subtropical pastures; Stability in a rangelands and economcs; Sustainabilitzy of sown pastures in the tropics and subtropics; Rockhampton producers' forum-managing farms for profit and sustainability: Economic stock farming in harmony with an arid ecosystem on Smitskraal ranch-a holistic approach; Ley farming in smallholder systems, north-east Thailand; Planning for a farming future; Dalyre- a farm business in southern New South Wales; Flexibility-a key to mananing a northem beef property; Feeding animals in subtropical and tropical forage systems; Fedd resources for intensive smallholder systems in the tropical-the role of crop residues; Grasslands opportunities in the subtropical region of South America; Silvipastoral systems: Pasture as the secondary component in tree-pastuare systems; Trees and shrubs as secondary components of pasturea; Biodiversity: Conservation of biodiversity in managed rangelands, with special emphasis on the ecological effects of large grazing ungulates, domestic and wild; Economic and ecological features of livestock and widlife utilisation in Africa; Advances in tropical legumes: Advances in research and development with stylosanthes and other tropical pastuare legumes; Advances in forage legumes - a subSahara African perspective; Ley pastures-arable crop systems: Is ley farming in mediterranean zones just a passing phase? Role of ley farming in crop rotations in the tropics; Deforestation: Deforestation for pasture in the humid tropics - is it economically and environmaentally sound in the long term? Deforestation in the savanna context - problems and benefits for pastoralism; Congress outlook- a vision for the future: Congress outlook fro the perspective of developing countries; A time for chanage - Issues from the XVII International Grassland Congress from a developed world viewpoint.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Congresses; Congresso; Feed crops; pasture.	
Thesagro: 	Pastagem; Planta Forrageira.	
Categoria do assunto: 	--	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste (CPAO)	
Exemplares: 	CPAO - (13834-1) - ADC - LV - PP - 633.2 - B168g - 97.00499 - DIS