Structure and functioning of seminatural meadows
Twelve years' analysis of natural grassland and experimentally managed meadows have produced this unique set of data on the structures and physiological functions of primary producers, consumers and decomposers. Obtained during the 1973-1985 Ecosystem Study on Highland Meadows in Czechoslovakia...
| Other Authors: | Rychnovská, Milena., Balátpvá-Tuláčková, Emilie., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Czech |
| Published: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1993.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Developments in agricultural and managed-forest ecology ;
27. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Structure and Functioning of Seminatural Meadows; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Meadow communities of the Ždárské Vrchy Landscape Reserve; 2.1 Natural meadows; 2.2 Ecological and floristic characteristics of the syntaxonomic units; 2.3 Syngenetic and synecological relationships between the communities; 2.4 Man-made meadows; Chapter 3. Characteristics of the climatic factors; 3.1 Outline of climate; 3.2 Temperature regime; 3.3 Precipitation (rainfall, snowfall, etc.); 3.4 Radiation input; 3.5 Wind; 3.6 Potential evapotranspiration.
- 3.7 Soil water3.8 Soil temperatures; 3.9 Heat balance and actual evapotranspiration of the stand; Chapter 4. Grassland ecosystems for pilot studies
- the Kameničky area; 4.1 The basic natural area with no pratotechnical measures (further designated as N); 4.2 Stand and site heterogeneity in the intensively studied area N; 4.3 Managed meadows stands on the Vojtěchův Kopec hill, both natural (NF) and renovated (RF); 4.4 Meadow stands at Kuklík (RK); Chapter 5. Edaphic factors; 5.1 Soil conditions in the area of Kameničky; 5.2 Soil acidity and organic matter content.
- 5.3 Soil pH and redox conditions in the soilChapter 6. Structure of the populations of plant communities; 6.1 Contribution of the dominant Nardus stricta species to the horizontal pattern of the natural stand (N); 6.2 Successional changes in seminatural intact (N) and treated stands (NF0, NF1, NF2); 6.3 Succession in renovated stands (RF0, RF1, RF2); 6.4 Ordination and clustering methods; 6.5 Implications for future management within the nature conservancy area; Chapter 7. Primary producers of the natural stand (N); 7.1 Aboveground plant organs and their structure.
- 7.2 Aboveground biomass (standing crop)7.3 Phenology and annual dynamics of the stands; 7.4 Seed production and the population structure of the dominant species; 7.5 Mineral elements in the biomass; Chapter 8. Underground biomass in meadow stands; 8.1 Structure of underground biomass; 8.2 Dynamics and annual production of underground biomass; Chapter 9. Anatomical structure of leaves of the dominant grasses; 9.1 Nardus stricta; 9.2 Cultivated grasses; Chapter 10. Limits of forage production and the efficiency of grassland management; 10.1 Establishment of experimental treatments.
- 10.2 Production characteristics of the grasslands10.3 Forage quality; 10.4 Participation of various species in the production of forage; 10.5 Conclusions; Chapter 11. Photosynthesis and limiting factors; 11.1 Photosynthetic and respiratory characteristics of the main species; 11.2 Gazometric measurements of the rates of photosynthesis and respiration in grass stands; 11.3 The estimation of photosynthesis and respiration of the grass stand using mathematical modelling; 11.4 Conclusions; Chapter 12. Plant-water relationships in grasslands; 12.1 Water balance in individual plants.