Management-intensive rotational grazing enhances forage production and quality of subhumid cool-season pastures

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 892-901

  Oates, Lawrence G ^a   Undersander, Daniel J ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a   Bell, Michael M ^a   Jackson, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 79952480698     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.04.0216     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Balasko, J.A., and C.J. Nelson. 2003. Grasses for northern areas. p. 125-143. In R. F Barnes et al. (ed.) Forages: An introduction to grassland agriculture. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, IA.
2. Bardgett, R.D., and D.A. Wardle. 2003. Herbivore-mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities. Ecology 84:2258-2268.
3. Bardgett, R.D., D.A. Wardle, and G.W. Yeates. 1998. Linking above-ground and below-ground interactions: How plant responses to foliar herbivory infl uence soil organisms. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30:1867-1878.
4. Barnes, M.K., B.E. Norton, M. Maeno, and J.C. Malechek. 2008. Paddock size and stocking density affect spatial heterogeneity of grazing. Rangeland Ecol. Manag. 61:380-388.
5. Bestelmeyer, B.T., J.R. Brown, K.M. Havstad, R. Alexander, G. Chavez, and J. Herrick. 2003. Development and use of state-andtransition models for rangelands. J. Range Manage. 56:114-126.
6. Bransby, D.I. 1991. Biological implications of rotational and continuous grazing: A case for continuous grazing. p. 10-14. In Proc. Am. Forage Grassl. Conf., Columbia, MO. 1-4 Apr. 1991. Am. Forage Grassl. Counc., Georgetown, TX.
7. Brink, G.E., M.D. Casler, and M.B. Hall. 2007. Canopy structure and neutral detergent fiber differences among temperate perennial grasses. Crop Sci. 47:2182-2189.
8. Briske, D.D., J.D. Derner, J.R. Brown, S.D. Fuhlendorf, W.R. Teague, K.M. Havstad, R.L. Gillen, A.J. Ash, and W.D. Willms. 2008. Rotational grazing on rangelands: Reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence. Rangeland Ecol. Manag. 61:3-17.
9. Campbell, G.S., and J.M. Norman. 1989. An introduction to environmental biophysics. Springer Verlag, New York, NY.
10. Conant, R.T., J. Six, and K. Paustian. 2003. Land use effects on soil carbon fractions in the southeastern United States. I. Management-intensive versus extensive grazing. Biol. Fertil. Soils 38:386-392.
11. Crawley, M. 2002. Statistical computing: An introduction to data analysis using S-plus. 1st ed. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
12. Dale, A.J., C.S. Mayne, A.S. Laidlaw, and C.P. Ferris. 2008. Effect of altering the grazing interval on growth and utilization of grass herbage and performance of dairy cows under rotational grazing. Grass Forage Sci. 63:257-269.
13. Detling, J.K., M.I. Dyer, and D.T. Winn. 1979. Net photosynthesis, root respiration, and regrowth of bouteloua-gracilis following simulated grazing. Oecologia 41:127-134.
14. Fahey, T.J., C.S. Bledsoe, F.P. Day, R.W. Ruess, and A.J.M. Smucker (ed.) 1999. Fine root production and demography. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY.
15. Fales, S.L., L.D. Muller, S.A. Ford, M. Osullivan, R.J. Hoover, L.A. Holden, L.E. Lanyon, and D.R. Buckmaster. 1995. Stocking rate affects production and profitability in a rotationally grazed pasture system. J. Prod. Agric. 8:88-96.
16. Frank, D.A., and P.M. Groffman. 1998. Ungulate vs. landscape control of soil C and N processes in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 79:2229-2241.
17. Frank, G.R., R. Klemme, B. Raj Bhandary, and L. Tranel. 1995. Economics of alternative dairy grazing scenarios. Dep. of Agric. Econ., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
18. Hassanein, N., and J.R. Kloppenburg. 1995. Where the grass grows again: Knowledge exchange in the sustainable agriculture movement. Rural Sociol. 60:721-740.
19. Heady, H.F., R.P. Gibbens, and R.W. Powell. 1959. A comparison of the charting, line intercept, and line point methods of sampling shrub types of vegetation. J. Range Manage. 12:180-188.
20. Holechek, J.L., H. Gomes, F. Molinar, D. Galt, and R. Valdez. 2000. Short duration grazing: The facts in 1999. Rangelands 22:18-22.
21. Holland, E.A., and J.K. Detling. 1990. Plant-response to herbivory and belowground nitrogen cycling. Ecology 71:1040-1049.
22. Jackson, R.D., and B. Allen-Diaz. 2006. Spring-fed wetland and riparian plant communities respond differently to altered grazing intensity. J. Appl. Ecol. 43:485-498.
23. Jackson, R.D., and J.W. Bartolome. 2002. A state-transition approach to understanding nonequilibrium plant community dynamics in Californian grasslands. Plant Ecol. 162:49-65.
24. Le Roux, X., M. Bardy, P. Loiseau, and F. Louault. 2003. Stimulation of soil nitrification and denitrification by grazing in grasslands: Do changes in plant species composition matter? Oecologia 137:417-425.
25. Menke, J., and G.E. Bradford. 1992. Rangelands. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 42:141-163.
26. Milchunas, D.G., and W.K. Lauenroth. 1993. Quantitative effects of grazing on vegetation and soils over a global range of environments. Ecol. Monogr. 63:327-366.
27. Moore, J.E., and D.J. Undersander. 2002. Relative forage quality: An alternative to relative feed value and quality index. p. 16-32. In Proc. Annu. Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symp., 13th, Gainesville, FL. 10-11 Jan. 2002. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
28. Paine, L., D.J. Undersander, D.W. Sample, G.A. Bartelt, and T.A. Schatteman. 1996. Cattle trampling of simulated ground nests in rotationally grazed pastures. J. Range Manage. 49:294-300.
29. Paine, L.K., R.K. Klemme, D.J. Undersander, and M. Welsh. 2000. Wisconsin's grazing networks: History, structure, and function. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 29:60-67.
30. Paine, L.K., D. Undersander, and M.D. Casler. 1999. Pasture growth, production, and quality under rotational and continuous grazing management. J. Prod. Agric. 12:569-577.
31. Papadopoulos, Y.A., H.T. Kunelius, and A.H. Fredeen. 1993. Factors infl uencing pasture productivity in Atlantic Canada. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 73:699-713.
32. Parker, W.J., L.D. Muller, and D.R. Buckmaster. 1992. Management and economic implications of intensive grazing on dairy farms in the northeastern States. J. Dairy Sci. 75:2587-2597.
33. Phillip, L.E., P. Goldsmith, M. Bergeron, and P.R. Peterson. 2001. Optimizing pasture management for cow-calf production: The roles of rotational frequency and stocking rate in the context of system efficiency. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 81:47-56.
34. Popp, J.D., W.P. McCaughey, and R.D.H. Cohen. 1997. Effect of grazing system, stocking rate and season of use on diet quality and herbage availability of alfalfa-grass pastures. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 77:111-118.
35. Reeder, J.D., C.D. Franks, and D.G. Milchunas. 2001. Root biomass and microbial processes. p. 139-166. In R.F. Follett et al. (ed.) The potential off U. S. grazing lands to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
36. Riesterer, J.L., M.D. Casler, D.J. Undersander, and D.K. Combs. 2000. Seasonal yield distribution of cool-season grasses following winter defoliation. Agron. J. 92:974-980.
37. Robertson, G.P., D.C. Coleman, C.S. Bledsoe, and P. Sollins (ed.) 1999. Standard soil methods for long-term ecological research. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY.
38. Rohweder, D.A., R.F. Barnes, and N. Jorgensen. 1978. Proposed hay grading standards based on laboratory analyses for evaluating quality. J. Anim. Sci. 47:747-759.
39. Schuman, G.E., J.D. Reeder, J.T. Manley, R.H. Hart, and W.A. Manley. 1999. Impact of grazing management on the carbon and nitrogen balance of a mixed-grass rangeland. Ecol. Appl. 9:65-71.
40. Smart, A.J., D.J. Undersander, and J.R. Keir. 1995. Forage growth and steer performance on Kentucky bluegrass vs sequentially grazed Kentucky bluegrass-switchgrass. J. Prod. Agric. 8:97-101.
41. Taylor, J., and J. Foltz. 2006. Grazing in the dairy state: Pasture use in the Wisconsin dairy industry, 1993-2003. Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems & Program on Agricultural Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
42. Turner, C.L., T.R. Seastedt, and M.I. Dyer. 1993. Maximization of aboveground grassland production - The role of defoliation frequency, intensity, and history. Ecol. Appl. 3:175-186.
43. USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Staff. 2008. Official soil series descriptions. Available at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/osd/index.html (verified 3 Dec. 2010). USDA-NRCS, Lincoln, NE.
44. Westoby, M., B. Walker, and I. Noymeir. 1989. Range management on the basis of a model which does not seek to establish equilibrium. J. Arid Environ. 17:235-239.
45. Wiens, J.A. 1984. On understanding a non-equilibrium world: Myth and reality in community patterns and processes. p. 439-457. In D.R. Strong, D. Simberlong, K.G. Abele, and A.B. Thistle (ed.) Ecological communities: Conceptual issues and the evidence. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
46. Woodis, J.E., and R.D. Jackson. 2008a. Subhumid pasture plant communities entrained by management. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 129:83-90.
47. Woodis, J.E., and R.D. Jackson. 2008b. Above- and belowground production of smooth brome and big bluestem under clipping frequencies and heights to mimic rotational and continuous grazing. Grass Forage Sci. 63:458-466.