Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations
The Pantanal comprises a number of landscape units, submitted to a flood pulse with variable intensity or regularity. One of these units, the flooded plains, is important in cattle raising. This study was carried out in the northern portion of the Pantanal and presents data related to the productive...
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| description | The Pantanal comprises a number of landscape units, submitted to a flood pulse with variable intensity or regularity. One of these units, the flooded plains, is important in cattle raising. This study was carried out in the northern portion of the Pantanal and presents data related to the productive dynamics of the flooded native pastures both protected from and exposed to cattle. The greatest total biomass values were for the protected pasture due to accumulated dead biomass. Net primary production presented smaller values at the flood-season start and increasing gradually beginning in the subsequent rainy season. However, consumption by cattle was also more intense during the months of greater precipitation. The effect of cattle in pastures is of fundamental importance to management since it prevents the dead biomass excess that increases fire risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27c6230a183749b9b11e37ed001774272022-12-21T18:13:17ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-437564485986610.1590/S1519-69842004000500016S1519-69842004000500016Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variationsC. G. Pozer0F. Nogueira1Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoUniversidade Federal de Mato GrossoThe Pantanal comprises a number of landscape units, submitted to a flood pulse with variable intensity or regularity. One of these units, the flooded plains, is important in cattle raising. This study was carried out in the northern portion of the Pantanal and presents data related to the productive dynamics of the flooded native pastures both protected from and exposed to cattle. The greatest total biomass values were for the protected pasture due to accumulated dead biomass. Net primary production presented smaller values at the flood-season start and increasing gradually beginning in the subsequent rainy season. However, consumption by cattle was also more intense during the months of greater precipitation. The effect of cattle in pastures is of fundamental importance to management since it prevents the dead biomass excess that increases fire risks.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842004000500016&lng=en&tlng=ennative pasturesPantanalbiomassproductivity |
| spellingShingle | C. G. Pozer F. Nogueira Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations Brazilian Journal of Biology native pastures Pantanal biomass productivity |
| title | Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations |
| title_full | Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations |
| title_fullStr | Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations |
| title_short | Flooded native pastures of the northern region of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso: biomass and primary productivity variations |
| title_sort | flooded native pastures of the northern region of the pantanal of mato grosso biomass and primary productivity variations |
| topic | native pastures Pantanal biomass productivity |
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