Pluhar et al. evaluated the effects of four grazing treatments, moderately stocked continuous, 4-pasture 3-herd deferred rotation, heavily stocked short duration rotation, and an ungrazed exclosure, on watershed condition. They found a decrease in total vegetation cover, total standing crop, and an increase in amount of bareground in the short duration and deferred rotation treatments. These factors caused infiltration to decrease and sediment production to increase. In contrast, the exclosure and moderately grazed pastures had the highest infiltration rates and lowest amount of sediment.
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