Contributors

Preface

1 Sustainability of Grazing Systems: Goals, Concepts and Methods

2 Effects of Nitrogen and Water Supply on N and C Fluxes and Partitioning in Defoliated Swards

3 An Integrated View of C and N Uses in Leaf Growth Zones of Defoliated Grasses

4 Effects of Grazing on the Roots and Rhizosphere of Grasses

5 Reserve Formation and Recycling of Carbon and Nitrogen during Regrowth of Defoliated Plants

6 Shoot Morphological Plasticity of Grasses: Leaf Growth vs. Tillering

7 Tiller Dynamics of Grazed Swards

8 Effect of Nitrogen on Some Morphogenetic Traits of Temperate and Tropical Perennial Forage Grasses

9 Modelling the Dynamics of Temperate Grasses and Legumes in Cut Mixtures

10 Plant–Animal Interactions in Complex Plant Communities: from Mechanism to Modelling

11 Modelling Spatial Aspects of Plant–Animal Interactions

12 Defoliation Patterns and Herbage Intake on Pastures

13 Selective Grazing on Grass– Legume Mixtures in Tropical Pastures

14 Leaf Tissue Turnover and Efficiency of Herbage Utilization

15 Dynamics of Heterogeneity in a Grazed Sward

16 Soil–Plant–Animal Interactions and Impact on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycling and Recycling in Grazed Pastures

17 Sustainable Management of Pasture and Rangelands

18 Campos in Southern Brazil

19 Campos in Uruguay

20 Argentina’s Humid Grazing Lands

The Final Resolution

Index