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    Grazing intensity and carbon pools in soils, roots and forage plants on the Thunder Bay community pasture

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    Date

    2020

    Author

    Francis, Trent

    Degree

    Honours Bachelor of Environmental Management

    Discipline

    Natural Resources Management

    Subject

    Grazing intensities
    Carbon storage in forage plants
    Grassland ecosystems
    Grazing and carbon pools

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    Abstract

    This thesis explores carbon (C) storage in the forage plants found on the Thunder Bay Community Pasture (TBCP). Plant tissues, roots and shoots, were collected from the TBCP and analyzed at Lakehead University using a loss on ignition technique. This thesis summarizes the (C) pools, the importance and influence of C on soils and plants species, comparing grazing intensities of cattle on the pasture. C storage in the plant communities subjected to high grazing intensity do not differ from levels found in areas subjected to light and medium grazing intensities. Ultimately, plant species in all three functional groups compared (annuals, grasses and legumes) did not have differences in above- ground (C) stores at the grazing intensities observed in the TBCP.

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    http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca:7070/handle/2453/4590

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