Biological invasions into wholly new regions are a consequence of a far reaching but
underappreciated component of global environmental change, the human-caused …

Clearing of natural vegetation for pastures and the deliberate introduction of African grasses
constitute significant threats to the biological diversity of the tropics, subtropics, and warm …

The concept of grazing resistance, within the context of grassland and pasture management,
describes the relative ability of plants to survive and grow in grazed systems (Briske, 1991) …

Plant–animal interactions impact on all elements of pasture and animal performance in
grazing systems. The quality of pastures for animals can be described in terms of feeding …

This book encapsulates the extensive knowledge developed by CSIRO's National
Rangelands Program on how rangeland landscapes function and the implications for …

Short-term, whole-plant physiological responses of forage plants to defoliation and the
characteristics that allow them to rapidly replace lost tissues are the focus of this review. The …

1. Species composition, population structure and the seed banks of the perennial grasses
Aristida bipartita, Bothriochloa insculpta, Heteropogon contortus, Themeda triandra and …

Grazing of wooded grasslands by domestic stock has led to dominance by woody plants, in
many parts of the world. In semi—arid grasslands in Australia Dodonaea attenuata is a …

1. The influence of inter-annual rainfall variability and cattle grazing on the abundance
(density, basal area), population dynamics (recruitment, growth, survival) and population …

Fire and herbivory are important determinants of nutrient availability in savanna ecosystems.
Fire and herbivory effects on the nutritive quality of savanna vegetation can occur directly …