Pastures available for grazing studies may be of unequal size and may have heterogeneous carrying capacity necessitating the assignment of unequal numbers of animals per pasture. To reduce experimental error, it is often desirable that the initial mean BW be similar among experimental units. The objective of this note is to present and illustrate the use of a method for assignment of animals to...

Marton (Argillic Perched-gley Pallic, Typic Endoaqualf), Ohakune (Typic Orthic Allophanic, Typic Hapludand), and Westmere (Mottled Mafic Melanic, Mollic Hapludalf) soils with differing structural vulnerability were compared at matched sites under different land uses. Topsoil samples (0-10 cm) from indigenous forest (>50 yr), permanent pasture (>50 yr), pine plantation (>20 yr), or arable croppi...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) persistence and forage and cow-calf production were evaluated on pastures containing smooth bromegrass with or without grazing-tolerant or hay-type alfalfa cultivars rotationally stocked in either a season-long or complementary system. In 1997, six 2.02-ha pastures were seeded with smooth bromegrass, a mixture of a grazing-tolerant alfalfa (Amerigraze variety) and s...

Changes in hydrochemistry and Hg distribution in the Madeira River from Porto Velho to the confluence with the Amazon River were studied in two cruises in 1997 and 2002. Water conductivity was similar in both periods, but the pH was significantly higher in 2002, in particular along the middle reaches of the river. Total suspended matter concentrations also increased from 1997 to 2002 along the ...

The treeline in the Andes is considered an essential ecotone between Montane forest and Páramo. This Venezuelan corresponds with a transitional ecosystem defined as Páramo forest. In this work, we identify analyze impact of climate warming land transformation agents altering ecosystem’s spatial dynamics along Andes’ altitudinal gradient. We carry out multitemporal studies 57 years at different ...

In Maranhão State, Brazil, soils are naturally acidic, nutrient-deficient, and prone to cohesion erosion. Removing the natural cover establish pastures causes physical, chemical, biological changes in soil. Therefore, this study aimed evaluate contents stocks of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), particle-size fractions soil organic matter (SOM) with different years recovery, compare them a secondary fo...