Research Article

Vegetation Productivity/Stability and Other Possible Ecological Invariant Relationships Demonstrated in a Microplot Multispecies Pasture Sward

Table 3

Mean sward composition (%) and cumulative mortality (%) in irrigated and fertilised treatment across four harvests.

CodeSpeciesCompositionMortality
Irrig.+NIrrig.+N

AChicory36.537.62620
BPrairie grass15.711.857
CAlfalfa7.912.93011
DPlantain10.210.01713
ERyegrass A7.45.51419
F   B
6.44.3521
GBerseem clover3.32.93638
HRed clover5.53.13220
ISheep’s burnett2.52.22632
JPhalaris1.50.82744
KPerennial lupine1.30.76070
LBirdsfoot1.00.93341
MYorkshire fog1.10.53859
NAlsike clover1.70.84054
OTall fescue0.50.44360
PWhite clover1.10.44163
QOrchard grass0.50.54259
RCaucasian0.10.28284
SLotus0.10.18587
TSainfoin0.00.19898