There is limited information regarding both nitrogen (N) and energy partitioning of dairy cows grazing well–managed tropical pastures. The objective this study was to investigate the N mid–lactation on rotationally grazed elephant grass using two pre–grazing targets: 95 % or maximum canopy light interception (LI95% LIMax) during regrowth. used 26 Holstein × Jersey arranged in a randomized compl...

Grasslands are coming under ever-increasing pressure worldwide. Many grasslands degraded due to overgrazing and inappropriate land management. This is impacting belowground biology soil bio...

Grazing can alter plant species interactions in natural rangelands, which turn might influence the productivity of ecosystem but we do not fully understand how spatial variability diversity-biomass relationships are modulated by grazing intensity. Here, hypothesized that co-occurrence rangelands is mainly driven niche segregation due to and heterogeneity local resources, grazing, therefore, mod...

We describe the experimental procedure and use of high-temperature X-ray diffraction techniques combined with grazing-incidence optics for in situ crystallization studies on several polycrystalline thin films; this technique is referred to as High-Temperature Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction or (HTGIXRD). Temperature calibration techniques, sample positioning issues, and limitations of this ...

Vernal pools in the Sacramento Valley are essentially islands of native flora among a grassland composed primarily of exotic annual species. In managing the vernal pool landscape to sustain these islands of native flora, the integrity of the landscape’s hydrology must be maintained. One management decision that may indirectly affect hydrology is complete rest from grazing. Although the native v...