Effects of grazing pressure on efficiency of grazing on north american great plains rangelands

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-406

  Smart, A J ^a   Derner, J D ^b   Hendrickson, J R ^c   Gillen, R L ^d   Dunn, B H ^e   Mousel, E M ^a   Johnson, P S ^a   Gates, R N ^a   Sedivec, K K ^f   Harmoney, K R ^d   Volesky, J D ^g   Olson, K C ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^c N Great Plains Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^f NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

animal performance; forage disappearance; grazing efficiency; harvest efficiency; herbage intake; stocking rate; utilization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORAGE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANGELAND;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 77954746820     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00046.1     Document Type: Review

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