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The animals grazed alternatively two mixed pastures containing Trifolium repens latum, Lolium perenne and Pennisetum clandestinum from 07:00 to 16 30 hours, and remained penned overnight.

Net biomass accumulation at the 3-leaf stage of regrowth was reduced (P<0.001) in pastures containing LC plants (Fig. 3).

Although residual tall grass appears important for nesting cover, LPCH hens prefer to nest in pastures containing a mixture of grass and shin-oak over pastures in which shrubs have been eliminated [ 9, 10].

Soils under productive pastures contained 37% more organic P than degraded pasture soils (in mg P kg− 1 soil), mainly in large macroaggregates.

The pastures contain breeding northern lapwings, and species such as sedge and reed warblers and bearded tits are found in patches of common reed.

Cows grazing on mixed pasture (clover & grass) receive much more strontium 90 than animals on pasture containing no clover.

Along this gradient, we identified three main groups of wood-pastures: 1) sparse wood-pastures with mostly big trees; 2) dense wood-pastures composed of small trees, and 3) wood-pastures containing a wide range of tree ages.

All cows grazed mixed pastures with an herbage allowance of 30 kg dry matter/cow per day.

This makes mixed pasture swards much easier to manage than pure grass pastures, in terms of maintaining their nutritive value, and this greater flexibility makes mixed pastures particularly attractive for farmers.

As a consequence of higher energy intake, milk protein concentration tends to increase in mixed pastures.

Therefore, mixed pastures often have lower milk yields and liveweight gains per hectare than pure perennial ryegrass pastures, as their stocking rates are generally slightly lower to maintain similar herbage allowances (Institut de l Elevagee, 2004; Humphreys et al., 2009).