Assessing optimal configurations of multi-paddock grazing strategies in tallgrass prairie using a simulation model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 262-273

  Teague, Richard ^a,b   Grant, Bill ^b   Wang, Hsaio Hsuan ^b  

^a Texas A and M AgriLife Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Extensive grazing systems; Grazed ecosystems; Rangeland restoration; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PRAIRIE; PROFITABILITY; RANCHING; RANGELAND; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CROP; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRAIRIE; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; POACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BOS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GRASSLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; TEXAS;

EID: 84919935382     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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