Open AccessPRESENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF GRASSLAND RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES
Author(s) -
M. A. Sprague
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1970.32.1289
Subject(s) - grassland , agriculture , geography , flea , environmental ethics , ecology , environmental resource management , archaeology , biology , economics , philosophy
WHEN your chairman asked for a description of grassland research in the United States, present and future, the mere thought of the task brought me a picture of a flea contemplating an elephant. Grassland agriculture is so large and varied in its entirety, is spread over so many disciplines, and is so complex in the interrelationships of the biological, social and economic communities that I can only hope to comment on how this flea views the rapidly changing giant.