Special Issue "Grazing Intensity Impacts on Herbage Mass, Sward Structure, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Andrade Reis
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Guest Editor
Animal Science Departament, School of Agrarial and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo 14884-900, Brazil
Interests: grassland science
Dr. Abmael da Silva Cardoso
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Guest Editor
Animal Science Departament, School of Agrarial and Veterinarian Sciences, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo 14884-900, Brazil
Interests: greenhouse gas emissions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Humans have been using grassland to produce feed and ecosystem services since the establishment of humanity. However, we are still facing several challenges, such as how to feed an increasing human population while preserving natural resources. Greenhouses gas emissions are one of the major challenges faced by humanity today. Grazing intensity presents cumulative effects on herbage mass, forage structure, and greenhouse gas emissions. To increase forage and animal production in a sustainable manner, we need novel approaches, such as varying grazing intensity through forage management, animal feeding strategies, fertilization, and integrated crop–livestock systems.

This Special Issue aims to gather and present innovative research results, advancements, and established methodologies to improve efficiency and sustainability of animal production in grasslands, in the area of grassland science. The aim is to promote the nexus between soil science, plant science, and atmosphere to explain how grazing intensity alters herbage production, forage structure, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

-    Effects of grazing intensity on forage and animal production;

-     Nexus between grazing intensity and canopy structure in monoculture and integrated crop–livestock systems;

-     Emissions of nitrous oxide, methane, and carbon dioxide from grasslands submitted to grazing intensities;

-     Effects of grazing intensities on grassland soil physical, chemical, and biological proprieties, including soil C stocks;

-     Effect of grazing intensity on enteric methane emissions;

-     Life cycle analysis, carbon footprinting studies, GHG budgets, and yield-scaled GHG emissions in the area of grassland science. 

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Andrade Reis
Dr. Abmael da Silva Cardoso
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • forage production
  • integrated crop–livestock systems
  • nitrous oxide emissions in grasslands
  • soil respiration in grasslands
  • grazing effects on enteric methane
  • GHG inventories from grasslands

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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