The importance of grasslands for animal production and other functions: a review on management and methodological progress in the tropics

Do Compost and Vermicompost Improve Macronutrient Retention and Plant Growth in Degraded Tropical Soils?

(2013) EP. Jouquet et al.   COMPOST SCIENCE & UTILIZATION

Feed Resources for Animals in Asia: Issues, Strategies for Use, Intensification and Integration for Increased Productivity

(2011) C. Devendra et al.   ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

GrazeIn: a model of herbage intake and milk production for grazing dairy cows. 2. Prediction of intake under rotational and continuously stocked grazing management

(2011) R. Delagarde et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

An international terminology for grazing lands and grazing animals

(2011) V.G. Allen et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

Challenges of assessing the sustainability of (agro)-pastoral systems

(2011) A.A. Ayantunde et al.   Livestock Science

Geographic bias of field observations of soil carbon stocks with tropical land-use changes precludes spatial extrapolation

(2011) J. S. Powers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Grazing Management in Tropical Savannas: Utilization and Rest Strategies to Manipulate Rangeland Condition

(2011) Andrew J. Ash et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Land condition monitoring information for reef catchments: a new era

(2011) R. A. Karfs et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Managing for rainfall variability: impacts of grazing strategies on perennial grass dynamics in a dry tropical savanna

(2011) D. M. Orr et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Tracking livestock using global positioning systems – are we still lost?

(2011) D. L. Swain et al.   Animal Production Science

Nutrition of beef breeder cows in the dry tropics. 1. Effects of nitrogen supplementation and weaning on breeder performance

(2011) R. M. Dixon et al.   Animal Production Science

Managing for rainfall variability: long-term profitability of different grazing strategies in a northern Australian tropical savanna

(2011) Peter O'Reagain et al.   Animal Production Science

Intake and digestibility of fresh grass fed to sheep indoors or at pasture, at two herbage allowances

(2010) A. Fanchone et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Diet quality estimated with faecal near infrared reflectance spectroscopy and responses to N supplementation by cattle grazing buffel grass pastures

(2010) R.M. Dixon et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Recent progress in the study of behavior and management in grazing cattle

(2010) Seiji KONDO   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Determination of Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Plant Traits in Grasslands with Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy

(2010) Rémi Pilon et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Multiscale topoedaphic heterogeneity increases resilience and resistance of a dominant grassland species to extreme drought and climate change

(2010) ROBERT GODFREE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Diet attributes of lactating ewes at pasture using faecal NIRS and relationship to pasture characteristics and milk production

(2010) M. BOVAL et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock systems in the tropics

(2010) J.J. McDermott et al.   Livestock Science

The validity of n-alkanes to estimate intake and digestibility in Nellore beef cattle fed a tropical grass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu)

(2010) J.A.S. Morais et al.   Livestock Science

Potential for reduced methane and carbon dioxide emissions from livestock and pasture management in the tropics

(2010) P. K. Thornton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toward a whole-landscape approach for sustainable land use in the tropics

(2010) R. DeFries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Milk yield and composition, feed intake and stocking rate of crossbread cows in tropical grasses managed in a rotational grazing system

(2010) Nelson Massaru Fukumoto et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems

(2010) M. Herrero et al.   SCIENCE

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   SCIENCE

Balancing nutrient supply and nutrient requirements in grazing sheep

(2010) H. Dove   SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Assessment of the economic viability of goat management systems in Goma Sub County and Mukono Town Council in Mukono District, Uganda

(2010) Robert Mwebe et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Global navigation satellite system livestock tracking: system development and data interpretation

(2010) M. G. Trotter et al.   Animal Production Science

Using MODIS imagery, climate and soil data to estimate pasture growth rates on farms in the south-west of Western Australia

(2010) G. E. Donald et al.   Animal Production Science

Enhancing fatty acid composition of milk and meat through animal feeding

(2010) M. Doreau et al.   Animal Production Science

Impact of reduced tillage and cover cropping on the greenhouse gas budget of a maize/soybean rotation ecosystem

(2009) T.K. Bavin et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Enhancing biodiversity persistence in intensively used agricultural landscapes: A synthesis of 30 years of research in the Western Australian wheatbelt

(2009) Suzanne M. Prober et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Using faecal DNA to determine consumption by kangaroos of plants considered palatable to sheep

(2009) K. W. Ho et al.   Animal

Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production systems through carbon sequestration in grasslands

(2009) J. F. Soussana et al.   Animal

Interactions between leaf lifespan and defoliation frequency in temperate and tropical pastures: a review

(2009) G. Lemaire et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

Species, climate and fertilizer effects on grass fibre and protein in tropical environments

(2009) H. TRAN et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Invited review: Feeding behavior of goats1,2

(2009) A. L. Goetsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Selection of feeding areas by cattle in a spatially heterogeneous environment: selection between two tropical grasses differing in accessibility and abiotic environment

(2009) Masahiko Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Review: Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Faeces to Evaluate the Nutrition and Physiology of Herbivores

(2009) Rob Dixon et al.   JOURNAL OF NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

The horizontal barrier effect of stems on the foraging behaviour of cattle grazing five tropical grasses

(2009) Marcelo A. Benvenutti et al.   Livestock Science

New Approaches and Tools for Grazing Management

(2009) Emilio A. Laca   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Quantifying herbage mass on rotationally stocked palisadegrass pastures using indirect methods

(2009) Gustavo José Braga et al.   SCIENTIA AGRICOLA

Influence of earthworms on development of the free-living stages of gastrointestinal nematodes in goat faeces

(2009) S. d’Alexis et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Managing for rainfall variability: effect of grazing strategy on cattle production in a dry tropical savanna

(2009) Peter O'Reagain et al.   Animal Production Science

Meta-analyses of experimental data in animal nutrition

(2008) D. Sauvant et al.   Animal

Pastoral flavour in meat products from ruminants fed fresh forages and its amelioration by forage condensed tannins

(2008) N.M. Schreurs et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of green forage intake and digestibility in ruminants using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS): Developing a global calibration

(2008) V. Decruyenaere et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

(2008) William J. Bond   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Faecal near infrared reflectance spectroscopy estimates of diet quality and responses to nitrogen supplements by cattle grazingBothriochloa pertusapastures

(2008) D. B. Coates et al.   Australian journal of experimental agriculture

Drosophilid assemblages as a bioindicator system of human disturbance in the Brazilian Savanna

(2008) Renata Alves da Mata et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Precision agriculture on grassland: Applications, perspectives and constraints

(2008) Jürgen Schellberg et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Comparison of fecal crude protein and fecal near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict digestibility of fresh grass consumed by sheep1

(2008) A. Fanchone et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Colour of bovine subcutaneous adipose tissue: A review of contributory factors, associations with carcass and meat quality and its potential utility in authentication of dietary history

(2008) P.G. Dunne et al.   MEAT SCIENCE

Effects of sheep and cattle alternate grazing on sheep parasitism and production

(2008) Maurice Mahieu et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Shrubby vegetation and agro-industrial by-products as alternative feed resources for sheep and goats: Effects on digestion, performance and product quality

(2007) Hichem Ben Salem et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Progress in field spectroscopy

(2007) Edward J. Milton et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT