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Short-term grazing diminished ecosystem multifunctionality of grassland in northern China
Background and AimsGrasslands play important roles in production as well as having ecological functions. Grazing affects grassland ecosystem...
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Management of Grazing Lands
A grazing land is defined as a land unit consisting mostly of herbaceous and shrub vegetation where animals graze (Fig. 18.1). While it primarily...
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Duration of prolonged simulated green turtle grazing affects Thalassia testudinum regrowth dynamics following grazing cessation in a subtropical Caribbean ecosystem
Populations of the green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), a megaherbivore that maintains distinct areas of seagrass via cultivation grazing, are recovering...
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A Fine Line Between Carbon Source and Sink: Potential CO2 Sequestration through Sustainable Grazing Management in the Nama-Karoo
Semiarid South African ecosystems are managed for livestock production with different practices and intensities. Many studies have found grazing to...
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Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
BackgroundCarbon and water use efficiencies (CUE and WUE, respectively) are vital indicators of the adaptability of plants to environmental...
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Influence of grazing intensity on richness, phylogenetic and functional dimensions of highly diverse mountainous grasslands from Mazandaran, Iran
Recently, more studies have focused on predicting plant response to livestock grazing by using plant functional traits as indicators to study species...
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Western Rangeland Livestock Production Systems and Grazing Management
Rangeland wildlife ecology and conservation is strongly influenced by domestic livestock systems. Domestic livestock production on rangelands in...
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Grazing Intensity Affects Soil Organic Carbon Stock and Its Chemical Compositions in Potentilla fruticosa Shrublands on the Tibetan Plateau
Potentilla fruticosa shrubland is a large component of the alpine ecosystem and provides significant resources for grazing on the Tibetan Plateau....
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Dairy goat performance in two grazing regimes: silvopastoral rangeland or abandoned agricultural land, and two supplementation treatments in central Mexico
Twenty Saanen third parturition dairy goats were used in an on-farm 2 × 2 factorial arrangement that ran for 12 weeks, with two grazing regimes and...
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Knowns and unknowns of cattle grazing in oil palm plantations. A review
Population growth and improving living standards are leading to a growing demand for beef. The understorey in the 19 million hectares of oil palm...
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Intensive rotational grazing in pastures reduces the early establishment of an invasive tree species
Grazing is one of the principal drivers triggering woody invasion in grasslands and savannas worldwide, but evidence is opposing. Cattle can promote...
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Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits
Pastoral systems face increasing pressure from competing global markets, food sector industrialization, and new policies such as Europe’s post-2020...
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Phosphorus Availability Mediates Grazing Impacts on Resorption and Allocation of Foliar Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Dominant Species in Semiarid Grasslands
Nutrient resorption and relative allocation of nutrient to younger leaves are important mechanisms of resource conservation and utilization for...
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Lessons learned from farmers’ experience of soil carbon management practices in grazing regimes of Australia
Previous research on increasing soil carbon sequestration, through soil carbon management (SCM), has not integrated social components into the...
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Long-term vegetation responses to climate depend on the distinctive roles of rewilding and traditional grazing systems
ContextThe abandonment of traditional practices has transformed agro-pastoral systems, leading to a more frequent occurrence of passive rewilding of...
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Silvopastoral system: persistence of Andropogon grass and grazing behavior of goats
The use of silvopastoral systems improves the sustainability of resources, enhancing the efficiency of the production system, with potential to offer...
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Supplementation of Acacia dealbata versus Acacia mearnsii leaf-meal has potential to maintain growth performance of lambs grazing low-quality communal rangelands in South Africa
Supplementing livestock grazing communal rangelands with leaf-meals from Acacia trees, which are currently considered as problematic invasive alien...
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Spatial gradients and grazing effects of a transhumant herd on plants and insect herbivores in Pyrenean subalpine grasslands
Mountains harbour a disproportionate amount of biodiversity that is explained by both biotic and abiotic factors. Understanding the ultimate factors...
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Plant and soil responses to grazing intensity drive changes in the soil microbiome in a desert steppe
Background and aimsGrazing pressure can degrade environmental quality and disrupt ecosystem structure and functions, while its potential effect on...
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Long-Term Grazing Exclusion Affects the Biomass Rather than the Percentage of Nitrogen Derived from the Atmosphere in Astragalus arnoldii
The nitrogen derived from the atmosphere (%Ndfa) serves as a critical parameter in assessing the biological nitrogen fixation of legumes....
