Category: Grazing
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Holistic Planned Grazing Improves Soil Moisture
Article: Effect of grazing on soil-water content in semiarid rangelands of southeast Idaho Authors: Weber, K.T. Gokhale, B.S. Published: Journal of Arid Environments 75 (2011) 464-470 This article is a…
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Phenological Grazing Planning (Part II)
As noted in a previous post, the further development of collaborative monitoring tools for plant phenology will be critical to developing the concept of phenological grazing planning. Implementing a phenology…
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Phenological Grazing Planning
According to Wikipedia1, “phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and inter-annual variations in climate.” The discipline of…
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The Effects of Grazing on Ecosystem Productivity
Article: Quantitative effects of grazing on vegetation and soils over a global range of environment Authors: Milchunas, D.G. and Lauenroth, W.K. Published: Ecological Monographs, 63(4). 1993. pp. 327-366 We have…
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The Natural Cycles of Grazing Ungulates
Article: Ecology of a Grazing Ecosystem: The Serengeti Authors: McNaughton, S.J. Journal: Ecological Monographs, 55(3) 1985, pp. 259-294 In previous posts, we have analyzed research dealing with spatial heterogeneity on…
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Utilization and Multi-Species Grazing in the African Serengeti
Article: Ecology of a Grazing Ecosystem: The Serengeti Authors: McNaughton, S.J. Journal: Ecological Monographs, 55(3) 1985, pp. 259-294 McNaughton’s research also sheds light on the proportions of utilization and the…
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Plant Productivity and Compensatory Growth
Article: Ecology of a Grazing Ecosystem: The Serengeti Authors: McNaughton, S.J. Journal: Ecological Monographs, 55(3) 1985, pp. 259-294 As noted, the relationships between grazers, grasses, and other biota are complex…
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Grazing ungulates, plant biomass concentrations, and nutrient cycling
The evolutionary ecologist S.J. McNaughton is well-known as a strong advocate of the grazing optimization hypothesis. Essentially, this hypothesis is summarized as follows: …grazing benefits many grasses and other plants…
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The Grazing Optimization Hypothesis
Article: Compensatory plant growth as a response to hervibory Author: McNaughton, S.J. Journal: Oikos 40: 329-336 1983 The relationship between grasses and grazers is a complex one influenced by a…
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