• Resistance and resilience are commonly used terms in discussions about agriculture and future ecological conditions. • We provide a common understanding of these terms as they apply to the ecology of grazed systems. • We discuss the relationship between ecological resistance and resilience, disturbances, and ecological processes. • We present examples of how to make what is known about ecological resistance and resilience in grazed ecosystems accessible to planners and their clients. © 2023 The Author(s) The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
Practical, non-technical peer-reviewed articles published by the Society for Range Management. Access articles on a rolling-window basis from vol 1, 1979 up to 3 years from the current year. More recent content is available by subscription from SRM.