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Rangelands, 2000 G razing management on rangelands is based on controlling the intensity, timing, frequency, and selectivity of grazing animals. Grazing intensity has been considered to be the most critical of these factors because high intensity grazing damages the eaten plants. Considerable controversy has existed over how grazing intensity should be measured.
Jerry L. Holecheck, Dee Galt
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Aboveground Biomass and Importance Value of Constructive Species in Desert Steppe Are Co‐Regulated by Grazing Intensity and Climate [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionConstructive species are the creators and constructors of plant communities, exerting significant control over community structure and environmental formation.
Aimin Zhu +7 more
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Plant, Soil and EnvironmentThe Seriphidium transiliense desert pasture is an important spring-autumn pasture in northern Xinjiang, China, and has been subjected to grazing by livestock at different intensities, thus resulting in widespread deterioration of its biodiversity and ...
Helong Yang +5 more
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Effects of different intensities of long-term grazing on plant diversity, biomass and carbon stock in alpine shrubland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Grazing is the main grassland management strategy applied in alpine shrubland ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, how different intensities of long-term grazing affect plant diversity, biomass accumulation and carbon (C) stock in these ...
Jinlan Wang +3 more
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Modeling the spatial distribution of grazing intensity in Kazakhstan. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 With increasing affluence in many developing countries, the demand for livestock products is rising and the increasing feed requirement contributes to pressure on land resources for food and energy production. However, there is currently a knowledge gap in our ability to assess the extent and intensity of the utilization of land by livestock, which is ...
Hankerson BR +5 more
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Effects of Grazing Intensity on Features of Vegetation, Soil and Its Erosion in a Steppe Desert
Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022 [Objective] The effects of different grazing intensity on vegetation features, soil physical properties, and soil erosion in a steppe desert were determined in order to provide a scientific basis for soil erosion control, degradation and ecosystem ...
Yang Yanan, Yang Zhenqi, Guo Jianying
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Seasonality constraints to livestock grazing intensity [PDF]
Global Change Biology, 2017 AbstractIncreasing food production is essential to meet the future food demand of a growing world population. In light of pressing sustainability challenges such as climate change and the importance of the global livestock system for food security as well asGHGemissions, finding ways to increasing food production sustainably and without increasing ...
Fetzel, T. +3 more
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Vegetation type and grazing intensity jointly shape grazing effects on grassland biodiversity. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 AbstractIn the Palaearctic steppe zone, overgrazing was identified as one of the key drivers of declining grassland biodiversity, which underlines the necessity of the functional evaluation of increased grazing pressure on grassland vegetation. We tested the following hypotheses: (a) The effect of grazing intensity on species and functional diversity ...
Török P +5 more
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Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2021 The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two grazing management strategies on structural, productive and nutritional parameters of Marandu grass (Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu).
Maria Catiane Araújo Silva Veloso +9 more
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Eaten out of house and home: impacts of grazing on ground-dwelling reptiles in Australian grasslands and grassy woodlands. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Large mammalian grazers can alter the biotic and abiotic features of their environment through their impacts on vegetation. Grazing at moderate intensity has been recommended for biodiversity conservation.
Brett Howland +5 more
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