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Submitted by Alexia Morello da Silva Cascaldi null (alexia.morello@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-09-19T05:33:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Alexia_Morello_da_Silva_Cascaldi.pdf: 844332 bytes, checksum: 98e363c052f3354ad72b45c70bf2f3bd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Monique Sasaki (sayumi_sasaki@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-19T20:48:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 cascaldi_ams_me_jabo.pdf: 844332 bytes, checksum: 98e363c052f3354ad72b45c70bf2f3bd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-19T20:48:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cascaldi_ams_me_jabo.pdf: 844332 bytes, checksum: 98e363c052f3354ad72b45c70bf2f3bd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O nitrogênio é um nutriente essencial para as culturas, entretanto seu aproveitamento está sujeito a muitas perdas no sistema solo-planta-atmosfera. Alguns compostos têm sido utilizados com o propósito de reduzir essas perdas, aumentando a eficiência dos fertilizantes nitrogenados. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da utilização do estabilizante de ureia NZone Max, em relação às perdas por volatilização de amônia (NH3) e lixiviação de nitrato (NO3-), em cultivo de Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, adubada com ureia, sob quatro lâminas de irrigação. Os tratamentos consistiram das lâminas de irrigação correspondentes a 0,20; 0,40; 0,60 e 0,80 da evapotranspiração de referência, com adição ou não de estabilizante de ureia, com aplicação de 100 kg ha-1 de N. O delineamento experimental foi em faixa com parcela subdividida, com lâminas na parcela e estabilizante na subparcela, com 4 repetições. A coleta da amônia volatilizada foi feita com câmaras coletoras instaladas em cada parcela, para posterior quantificação em laboratório. Foram também coletadas amostras da solução do solo para análise química. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância pelo teste F e a comparação de médias foi feita pelo teste Tukey (5%). A quantidade de amônia volatilizada foi crescente até o terceiro dia após a adubação, quando atingiu os maiores valores, diminuindo a partir de então, tanto na presença quanto na ausência do estabilizante de ureia, para as 4 lâminas de irrigação. A menor lâmina apresentou a maior quantidade de amônia volatilizada, enquanto que a maior lâmina foi a de menor volatilização. Não houve diferença entre os tratamentos com e sem o uso do estabilizante, tanto para a quantidade de amônia volatilizada, quanto para os valores de nitrato, amônio, N-total, pH e condutividade elétrica da solução do solo. Portanto, a adição do estabilizante NZone Max à ureia não promoveu redução das perdas por volatilização de amônia e lixiviação de nitrato. / Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for crops, however its use is subject to many losses in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. Some compounds have been used for the purpose of reducing these losses, increasing the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of NZone Max urea stabilizer in relation to losses by ammonia (NH3) volatilization and nitrate (NO3-) leaching in a Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu crop, fertilized with urea, under four irrigation depths. The treatments consisted of irrigation depths corresponding to 0.20, 0.40, 0.60 and 0.80 of the reference evapotranspiration, with and without urea stabilizer, with application of 100 kg ha-1 of N. The treatments were arranged in a split-plot strip design, with irrigation depths in the plot and stabilizer in the subplot, with 4 replications. The volatilized ammonia was collected with chambers installed in each plot, for subsequent quantification in the laboratory. Soil solution samples were also collected for chemical analysis. The data were submitted to analysis of variance by the F test and the means were compared by the Tukey test (5%). The amount of volatilized ammonia increased until the third day after fertilization, when it reached the highest values, decreasing thereafter, both in the presence and absence of the urea stabilizer, for the 4 irrigation depths. The lower irrigation depth presented a higher amount of volatilized ammonia, while the higher depth was lower volatilization. There was no difference between the treatments with or without stabilizer, for the amount of ammonia volatilized, as well as for the nitrate, ammonium, N-total, pH and electrical conductivity of the soil solution. Thus, the addition of the NZone Max stabilizer to the urea did not promote reduction of the losses by ammonia volatilization and nitrate leaching.

Diplomová práce se zabývá biodiverzitou epigeických brouků na pastvinách nacházejících se v podhorských oblastech Šumavy. Srovnává jak se mění biodiverzita společenstev již zmíněných brouků v oblastech s různou intenzitou pastevního zatížení. Odchyt byl prováděn na dvou odchytových místech pomocí zemních pastí. V práci je zjištováno srovnání biodiverzity společenstev epigeických brouků v oblastech s různým zatížení pastvou, porovnání s dosavadními výsledky, antropogenní ovlivnění stanovišť a ordinace druhů na pozemku.

Tree clearing is practised for greater beef production and hence monetary gains from grazing systems of central Queensland. The high rates of clearing in the past and even recently (577, 000 ha/yr during 1999-2001) were mainly to develop land for pastures. The sustainability of cleared pasture systems over the long-term is questioned. Three major types of tree communities i.e. Eucalyptus populnea F. Muell., E. melanophloia F. Muell. and Acacia harpophylla F. Muell. ex. Benth. were selected on one property in central Queensland to quantify the impacts of clearing on pasture production and composition, and soil properties. The impacts were measured over time-since-clearing (recent (&lt5 years), medium (11-13years) and old (&gt30 years)) in unreplicated cleared pastures in comparison to their replicated uncleared/intact woodland pastures of each tree community. Measures of pasture above-ground biomass production on a single property over time-sinceclearing in cleared systems showed that gains were not sustained over the long-term. The difference in response to clearing between tree communities was evident and important to support the future policy decisions. The impact of clearing on soil properties (physicochemical and biological) was confirmed, and explained the lesser availability of nutrients with time of clearing in cleared pastures. The changes in some soil properties underscored the associated risks and changes in ecosystem functions due to clearing. Less litter was produced at cleared than uncleared pastures, but nutrient release was faster at cleared compared to uncleared systems. The overall effect of clearing in terms of pasture and litter production, and major soil parameters were analysed using multivariate analyses.

This study focuses on modelling community productivity, species abundance and richness, and the impact of climate change and alternative phosphorous fertiliser application strategies on pasture productivity by integration of decision tree and regression modelling approaches with a geographical information system (GIS) in a naturalised hill-pasture ecosystem in the North Island, New Zealand, using data derived from research conducted on hill-pastures over the last several decades. The results indicated that the decision tree models had a high predictive capability and clearly revealed the relative importance of environmental and management factors in influencing community productivity, species abundance and richness. Spring rainfall was the most significant factor influencing annual pasture productivity in the North Island, while hill slope was the most significant factor influencing spring and winter pasture productivity. Annual P fertiliser input and autumn rainfall were the most significant factors influencing summer and autumn pasture productivity, respectively. For species functional group abundance, soil Olsen P was the most significant factor influencing the relative abundance of low fertility tolerance grasses (LFTG) and moss, while soil bulk density, slope and annual P fertiliser input were the most significant factors influencing the relative abundance of legume, high fertility response grasses (HFRG) and flatweeds, respectively. Legume abundance was the most significant factor influencing species richness in the hill-pasture. Species richness increased with an increase in legume abundance and showed a tendency for a hump-shaped response. Grazing animal species also had a significant effect on species richness; pasture grazed by sheep had more species than pasture grazed by cattle. Climate change scenarios of temperature increases of 1-2 °C and rainfall changes of -20% to +20% would have a great impact (-46.2% to +51.9%) on pasture production in the North Island. Pasture in areas with relatively low rainfall had a higher response to increased P fertiliser input than pastures in areas with a relatively high rainfall. In conclusion, the integration of a GIS with decision tree and regression models in this study provided an approach for effective predictive modelling of community productivity, species abundance and richness in the hill-pasture. This modelling approach can also be used as a tool in pasture management such as in assessing the impact of climate change and alternative fertiliser management on pasture production.

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Cities Beyond is a collection of poems about the liminal space between the suburbs and the pasture as metaphor for the created space of memory, self, and location.