Grasslands.

Grasslands are among the largest ecosystems and cover around 3.5 billion-hectare (ha) area, representing 26 percent of the world land area and 70 percent of the world agricultural area. These grassland soils contain about 20 percent of the world?s soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. There are different types of grasslands: natural grasslands, semi-natural grasslands, and agricultural grasslands. Grasslands that are self-seeded are often defined as natural or native grasslands. These grasslands are predominated by grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, or shrubs suitable for grazing or browsing. They are defined as rangelands when natural (native) or grazed, and defined as pastures when forage is managed by seeding, mowing (i.e. for hay, silage, renewable energy production), fertilization and irrigation. Agricultural grasslands can be permanent (>5-years old) or temporary (i.e. included within the crop rotation, grass/arable-ley). Permanent grassland is often (semi-) natural.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	KHALIL, M. I., CORDOVIL, C. M. D. S., FRANCAVIGLIA, R., HENRY, B., KLUMPP, K., KONCZ, P., LLORENTE, M., MADARI, B. E., MUÑOZ-ROJAS, M., RAINER, N.
Other Authors:	MOHAMMAD I. KHALIL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND; CLÁUDIA M. D. S. CORDOVIL, UNIVERSITY OF LISBON, PORTUGAL; ROSA FRANCAVIGLIA, COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ECONOMICS, RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT, ROME, ITALY; BEVERLEY HENRY, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA; KATJA KLUMPP, INRA, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE; PETER KONCZ, DUNA-IPOLY NATIONAL PARK DIRECTORATE, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY; MIREIA LLORENTE, UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA, PLASENCIA CAMPUS, SPAIN; BEATA EMOKE MADARI, CNPAF; MIRIAM MUÑOZ-ROJAS, THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA; NERGER RAINER, SOIL & MORE IMPACTS GMBH, HAMBURG, GERMANY.
Format:	Parte de livro biblioteca
Language:	Ingles English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Solo, Carbono, Carbon sequestration, Grassland soils,
Online Access:	http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1137224 https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6595en
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