grazing intensity
Effects of grazing intensity to water source on grassland condition, yield and nutritional content of selected grass species in Northwest Ethiopia
... extensive grazing lands with unique biodiversity (Mills et ...grasslands. Grazing intensity towards water point source can influence the composition of plant communi- ties (Landsberg et ...
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Influence of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties and Shaping Herbaceous Plant Communities in Semi Arid Dambo Wetlands of Zimbabwe
... on grazing land are their effects on soil, water quality, and ...how grazing intensity influences soil physical and chemical properties and occurrence of herbaceous plant species in dambo ...of ...
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Effect of grazing intensity and dung on herbage and soil nutrients
... different grazing regimes, and each experimental paddock was approximately ...of grazing intensity: (i) extensive grazing (EG), with a mean target sward surface height of greater than 10 cm; ...
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Population dynamics and transcriptomic responses of Chorthippus albonemus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) to herbivore grazing intensity
... Previous empirical studies have described various disturbance-diversity/abundance relationships, including polynomial and negative linear relationships, as shown in our study. Factors that influence these relationships ...
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Grazing intensity and driving factors affect soil nitrous oxide fluxes during the growing seasons in the Hulunber meadow steppe of China
... This study was conducted at the Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station located at Xiertala farm in the centre of the Hulunber meadow steppe (N 49°19′349″-49°20′173″, E 119°56′521″- 119 ° 57 ′ 854 ...
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The effects of grazing intensity on annual vegetation.
... Changes in herbage cover (Fig. 2) support this conclusion that only very heavy grazing produces residual impacts on annual vegetation. However, even this decline wa[r] ...
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Grazing Intensity Trials on Seeded Ranges in the Ponderosa Pine Zone of Colorado.
... There was considerable differ- ence in the utilization of crested wheatgrass and smooth brome in the mixture units, especially in the 4- and g-inch stubble heigh[r] ...
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Sideoats Grama as an Indicator of Grazing Intensity and A Method of Determining Its Utilization.
... Since total height was at least 2.4 times better than any of the other vari- ables studied for estimating stubble height at any level of utilization, total hei[r] ...
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Shifting Mosaics in Semi-Steppe Rangelands Driven by Interactive Effect of Human Made Disturbances
... of grazing and fire in semi-steppe rangelands in ...animal grazing (from light to heavy ...if grazing intensity was low, a shift from shrublands to grasslands would be the observed pattern of ...
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Eaten out of house and home: impacts of grazing on ground-dwelling reptiles in Australian grasslands and grassy woodlands
... of grazing appeared to be driven by an increase in abundance of a few generalist species that benefit from reduction in ground cover with increased grazing [21, ...with grazing intensity, with ...
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Effects of holistic grazing management on milk production, weight gain, and visitation to grazing areas by livestock and wildlife in Laikipia County, Kenya
... duration grazing intensity with long rest periods as com- pared to those with continuous grazing throughout the ...holistic grazing increases forage production and enhances grassland health ...
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Applying local knowledge to rangeland management in northern Mongolia: do ‘narrow plants’ reflect the carrying capacity of the land?
... Investigating traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) by the scientific approach is a useful way to develop sustainable rangeland management. Numerous trials have been done on plant species compositions and biomass, but ...
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Overgrazing depresses soil carbon stock through changing plant diversity in temperate grassland of the Loess Plateau
... as grazing exclusion, is regarded as the most effective measure for improving the ecological environment of the Loess Plateau (Deng et ...of grazing on plant diversity and productivity, as well as soil C ...
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Nutrition and production of domestic sheep managed as manipulators of big game habitat.
... During a particular year, ewes and lambs initially assigned to the two short-term treatments were moved to new pastures of like grazing intensity on the approxima[r] ...
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Water Intake on a Sandy Range as Affected by 20 Years of Differential Cattle Stocking Rates.
... These data show that grazing intensity is an important range management factor in absorbing and utilizing maximum precipi- tation on Pratt loamy fine sand and si[r] ...
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The effects on pasture of the winter grazing of dry dairy cows : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science at Massey University
... which makes it necessary to know, what an animal will select, why it is selected and what effe ct this sele ction has upon the sward. When grazing, movement is on a horizontal plane and selection in a verti cal ...
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Duration of regrowth of ryegrass (Lolium perenne ) effects on grazing behaviour, intake, rumen fill, and fermentation of lactating dairy cows.
... for grazing (8) and may have prevented subsequent grazing after the first grazing horizon had been ...strip grazing (23), under controlled grazing con- ditions with hand-constructed ...
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Carbon Sequestration and Soil Restoration Potential of Grazing Lands under Exclosure Management in a Semi-Arid Environment of Northern Ethiopia
... exclosure compared to the five years of grazing exclosures and open grazing lands in our study. This 332[r] ...
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A Twenty-Five Year Comparison of Continuous and Rotation Grazing in the Northern Plains.
... It was evident by 1936 when the shift was made from two-year-olds to yearlings that an intensity of one head to 7 acres was approximately the correct grazing ra[r] ...
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Water Intake and Runoff as Affected by Intensity of Grazing.
... Water intake rates on differential- ly grazed rangeland watersheds were nearly linear wiih ihe heavily grazed watershed having the lowest and the lightly grazed w[r] ...
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