Eighteen communally grazed grasslands and adjacent ungrazed areas with different periods grazing and exclusion were examined in South Africa, nine sites within eutrophic soil near Mpumalanga (25˚ 46’ S; 29˚ 28’ E) and nine sites within dystrophic soil near KwaZulu-Natal (28˚ 51’ S; 30˚ 89’ E) were examined. Sites were selected on vegetation communities, soils, and time since grazing exclusion (0.5 to 25 years). At each site, equally sized plots of intensively grazed and ungrazed sections were paired and examined for grass species composition, percentage of grass basal cover and grass density. Soils were sampled within each plot for bulk density, porosity, pH and nutrient content.
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