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Evaluating Sporobolus spicatus Ecotypes under Different Mowing Heights for Turf use

Muhammad Zamin^* and Abdul Mateen Khattak

...vestigated by conducting mowing tests in the year 2013 under UAE climatic conditions. Fifty ecotypes of Sporobolus spicatus were cut at various heights, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 cm. Significant differences were found among various ecotypes and mowing heights for different growth and quality parameters including green cover, canopy stiffness, leaf length and width. Most of the ecotypes gave better performance at

Diversity of Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) under Three Grassland Management Regimes in Northwestern China

Hui Wang^1,2, Yuchen Zhao¹ and Xinpu Wang^1,*

...ize: small;">Enclosures, mowing, and sustainable grazing were used to help restore biodiversity and the production of the natural grasslands in China. The effects of grassland management on invertebrate diversity and its associated environmental factors were less reported in northern China. The relationship between the activity-density of carabid beetles and environmental factors was conducted under three different grassland management regimes (typical enclosu...

Helminth Infections of the Common Shrew (Mammalia, Soricidomorpha) on Reclaimed Areas

Vladimir Vasilievich Shimalov

...associated with periodic mowing of their banks and slopes. Common shrews were caught with mousetraps lined up along drainage channel bank in mixed forests, on arable lands, pastures, and along roads in Brest, Zhabinka and Malorita districts of Brest region during 2015–2019. 4,000 trap-days were worked out. 127 common shrews were caught. Animals were examined by the method of complete helminthological dissections. The number of common shrews on drainage c...