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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Taylor, G. S.;
Brown, R. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Johnson's Seeds |
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| Title: | Grassland as nature intended |
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| Meeting Info.: | Abstract of paper given at the Seventh Amenity Grass Research Discussion Meeting held at Queen's University, Belfast 18-21 December 1989. |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 66, June 1990, p. 179. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Grassland management; Environment; Amenity grasslands; Mowing; Grazing; Fertilization; Ground cover; Pastures; Golf rough; Wildlife; Wildflowers; Seed mixtures
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Most British grassland is managed for agricultural or amenity use using a combination of cutting (or grazing) and fertilising. The way in which this management is applied is thus determined either by a requirement for maximum herbage production for livestock, or as a means of providing a green and tidy ground covering for the minimum cost. Traditionally neither approach takes deliberate account of implications for wild plant and animal life. Unintentionally, some traditional grassland practices allowed the development of valuable habitat such as flower rich hay meadows or golf roughs. Modern intensive management by contrast is very limiting to wildlife; opportunities are mostly confined to 'marginal' areas of grassland which are not required or suited to mainstream agricultural or amenity use. Changes in the political and economic outlook both for farmers and public authorities in the last quarter of this century are producing an increase in the potential area of surplus or 'marginal' land. Changes in public attitudes to the environment have at the same time provided the climate in which such land can be positively treated for wildlife. Opportunities are greatest where land is in the process of conversion from intensive to non-intensive use. Considerable progress has already been made towards providing new grassland management guidelines, particularly in respect of 'wild flower' seed mixtures. Ironically perhaps, discussions of the importance of grasses for the creation of more natural grasslands has been rather neglected. In an attempt to redress this imbalance, this paper aims to review the current use of grass species and types for 'naturalistic grassland' sowings, and ways in which use and practices might be developed in the coming years." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Taylor, G. S., and R. J. Brown. 1990. Grassland as nature intended. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 66:p. 179. |
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