New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2008

Volume 51/Number 1/March 2008

• Evaluation of endemic leguminous forage shrubs from the Canary Islands. 2 Mineral composition E Chinea, B Garcia-Criado, A Garcia-Ciudad p. 1
• Evaluation of endemic leguminous forage shrubs from the Canary Islands: 3. Organic constituents and forage digestibility E Chinea, B Garcia-Criado, A Garcia-Ciudad p. 13
• Reproductive performance of seasonal ewes fed dry fat source during their breeding season HH Titi, RT Kridli p. 25
• Meiotic behaviour in reciprocal tetraploid hybrids between perennial and Italian ryegrasses B Deniz, U Dogru p. 33
• Lucerne persistence, yield and quality as influenced by stand aging I Coruh, M Tan p. 39
• Effects of land-use regimes on carbon sequestration in the Loess Plateau, northern China Xudong Li, Hua Fu, Xiaodong Li, Ding Guo, Xiaoyu Dong, Changgui Wan p. 45
• The assumption of optimality in foraging models: a simulated experiment with dairy cows grazing grass pasture SJR Woodward, LM Parsons, VJ Kirk p. 53
• Optimal conditions for hydropriming lucerne seeds HX Liu, ZG Guo, YR Wang p. 69

   

  Volume 51/Number 2/June 2008

• Effect of nutrition during pregnancy on hogget pregnancy outcome and birthweight and liveweight of lambs PR Kenyon, ST Morris, DL Burnham, DM West p. 77
• Pasture responses to phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers on east coast hill country: 2. Clover and grass production from easy slopes AG Gillingham, JD Morton, MH Gray p. 85
• Effects of shade provision on the behaviour, body temperature and milk production of grazing dairy cows during a New Zealand summer AD Fisher, N Roberts, SJ Bluett, GA Verkerk, LR Matthews p. 99
• Contribution of cotyledons to seedling dry weight and development in Medicago falcata L. H Zhang, Y Wu, C Matthew, D Zhou, P Wang p. 107
• Development of a breeding strategy for interspecific hybrids between Caucasian clover and white clover WM Williams, SW Hussain p. 115
• Improving the economic and environmental performance of a New Zealand hill country farm catchment: 1. Goal development and assessment of current performance MB Dodd, BS Thorrold, JM Quinn, TG Parminter, ME Wedderburn p. 127
• Improving the economic and environmental performance of a New Zealand hill country farm catchment: 2. Forecasting and planning land-use change MB Dodd, BS Thorrold, JM Quinn, TG Parminter, ME Wedderburn p. 143
• Improving the economic and environmental performance of a New Zealand hill country farm catchment: 3. Short-term outcomes of land-use change MB Dodd, JM Quinn, BS Thorrold, TG Parminter, ME Wedderburn p. 155
• Effects of liveweight gain during pregnancy of 15-month-old Angus heifers on dystocia and birth weight, body dimensions, estimated milk intake and weaning weight of the calves RE Hickson, PR Kenyon, N Lopez-Villalobos, ST Morris p. 171
• Water effluent from New Zealand dairy farms from 1997 to 2000 CL Flemmer, RC Flemmer p. 181
• Foliage freeze tolerance trait diversity in bahiagrass ( Paspalum notatum Flügge) JW Breman, AR Blount, KH Quesenberry, TR Sinclair p. 191
• Effect of sewage sludge and liming on productivity during the establishment of a silvopastoral system in north-west Spain A Rigueiro-Rodríguez, MR Mosquera-Losada, ML López-Díaz p. 199
• First measurements of methane emitted by grazing cattle of the Argentinean beef system N Barbaro, J Gere, R Gratton, R Rubio, K Williams p. 209
• Grasslands of our world Edited by J. M. Suttie, S. G. Reynolds, and C. Batello C Matthew p. 221

 

Volume 51/Number 3/September 2008

• Relationship between spectral reflectance and water stress conditions of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon L.) NK Sonmez, Y Emekli, M Sari, R Bastug p. 223
• Better simulation modelling to support farming systems innovation: review and synthesis SJR Woodward, AJ Romera, WB Beskow, SJ Lovatt p. 235
• Intensification of New Zealand agriculture: implications for biodiversity H Moller, CJ MacLeod, J Haggerty, C Rosin, G Blackwell, C Perley, S Meadows, F Weller, M Gradwohl p. 253
• Germplasm release: Ryegrass (Lolium spp.) selections with branched inflorescences W Rumball, AG Foote p. 265
• Germplasm release: 'GFT188' 5-leaflet red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) W Rumball, RB Claydon, AG Foote p. 269
• Germplasm release: 'GO192' purple chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) W Rumball, AG Foote p. 271
• Escherichia coli shedding by dairy cows A Donnison, C Ross, D Clark p. 273
• Phosphate uptake by white clover (Trifolium repens L.) genotypes with contrasting root morphology JR Crush, ARL Boulesteix-Coutelier, L Ouyang p. 279
• Potential waterway contamination associated with wintering deer on pastures and forage crops RW McDowell, DR Stevens p. 287
• Water quality of a stream recently fenced-off from deer RW McDowell p. 291
• Phosphorus in humped and hollowed soils of the Inchbonnie catchment, West Coast, New Zealand: 1. Variation with age and distribution RW McDowell p. 299
• Phosphorus in humped and hollowed soils of the Inchbonnie catchment, West Coast, New Zealand: II. Accounting for losses by different pathways RW McDowell p. 307
• A functional evaluation of virtual climate station rainfall data R Cichota, VO Snow, AB Tait p. 317
• Sawdust and bark to treat nitrogen and faecal bacteria in winter stand-off pads on a dairy farm J Luo, A Donnison, C Ross, N Bolan, S Ledgard, D Clark, W Qiu p. 331
• Lucerne growth and components of seed yield as influenced by plant growth regulators W Du, G Wang, X Tian, A Humphries p. 341
• Modelling pastoral farm agro-ecosystems: a review JR Bryant, VO Snow p. 349
• A comparison of two lamb production systems in New Zealand G deNicolo, ST Morris, PR Kenyon, PCH Morel p. 365
• Effect of timing and formulation of dicyandiamide (DCD) application on nitrate leaching and pasture production in a Bay of Plenty pastoral soil JC Menneer, MS Sprosen, SF Ledgard p. 377

 

Volume 51/Number 4/December 2008

• Effect of dicyandiamide applied in a granular form on nitrous oxide emissions from a grazed dairy pasture in Southland, New Zealand LC Smith, CAM de Klein, WD Catto p. 387
• Ewe reproduction and lambing performance in a five period mating system G deNicolo, ST Morris, PR Kenyon, PD Kemp, PCH Morel p. 397
• Management strategies for an invasive weed: a dynamic programming approach for Californian thistle in New Zealand M Chalak-Haghighi, EC Van Ierland, GW Bourdôt, D Leathwick p. 409
• Pasture responses to phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers on east coast hill country: 3. Production from steep slopes AG Gillingham, JD Morton, MH Gray, AHC Roberts p. 425
• Amounts and distribution of mineral elements associated with liveweight gains of grazing red deer (Cervus elaphus) ND Grace, F Castillo-Alcala, PR Wilson p. 439

 

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• Agricultural intensification protects global biodiversity JS Rowarth p. 451
• Agricultural intensification: whither indigenous biodiversity? WG Lee, CD Meurk, BD Clarkson p. 457
• Social-ecological scales and sites of action: keys to conserving biodiversity while intensifying New Zealand's agriculture? H Moller, G Blackwell, F Weller, CJ MacLeod, C Rosin, M Gradwohl, S Meadows, C Perley p. 461
• Pathways for integration of biodiversity conservation into New Zealand's agricultural production S Meadows, M Gradwohl, H Moller, C Rosin, CJ MacLeod, F Weller, G Blackwell, C Perley p. 467
• Room for everyone? Refugia and native biodiversity in New Zealand's agricultural landscapes G Blackwell, Y Fukuda, T Maegli, C MacLeod p. 473
• Retaining adaptive capacity in New Zealand's ecological systems F Weller, S Meadows, M Gradwohl p. 477
• For want of the social, was the biodiversity battle lost? On the need to approach social-ecological resilience through transdisciplinary research C Rosin, C Perley, H Moller, K Dixon p. 481
• The number of farms and farmers in New Zealand: a plea for researcher access to farm samples and the inclusion of farmer data JR Fairweather p. 485
• Erratum p.493

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