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.
| Code | Species | Composition | Mortality | Irrig. | +N | Irrig. | +N |
| A | Chicory | 36.5 | 37.6 | 26 | 20 | B | Prairie grass | 15.7 | 11.8 | 5 | 7 | C | Alfalfa | 7.9 | 12.9 | 30 | 11 | D | Plantain | 10.2 | 10.0 | 17 | 13 | E | Ryegrass A | 7.4 | 5.5 | 14 | 19 | F | B
| 6.4 | 4.3 | 5 | 21 | G | Berseem clover | 3.3 | 2.9 | 36 | 38 | H | Red clover | 5.5 | 3.1 | 32 | 20 | I | Sheep’s burnett | 2.5 | 2.2 | 26 | 32 | J | Phalaris | 1.5 | 0.8 | 27 | 44 | K | Perennial lupine | 1.3 | 0.7 | 60 | 70 | L | Birdsfoot | 1.0 | 0.9 | 33 | 41 | M | Yorkshire fog | 1.1 | 0.5 | 38 | 59 | N | Alsike clover | 1.7 | 0.8 | 40 | 54 | O | Tall fescue | 0.5 | 0.4 | 43 | 60 | P | White clover | 1.1 | 0.4 | 41 | 63 | Q | Orchard grass | 0.5 | 0.5 | 42 | 59 | R | Caucasian | 0.1 | 0.2 | 82 | 84 | S | Lotus | 0.1 | 0.1 | 85 | 87 | T | Sainfoin | 0.0 | 0.1 | 98 | 98 |
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