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Grazing Livestock : Vegetation Management
Author
Vavra, Martin
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Publication Year
2010
Body

Abstract Livestock grazing is often viewed as having detrimental effects on plants and plant communities. Livestock grazing can, however, be managed to be an effective tool for vegetation management. Grazing can be used to manipulate vegetation for wildlife habitat, weed control, and fuel reduction to reduce wildfire susceptibility or severity. Because few results are available, more research that encompasses grazing management at a landscape scale needs to be conducted.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Book
Book Title
Encyclopedia of Animal Nutrition, Second edition
Keywords
livestock
grazing
nutrition
ecology
management
vegetation dynamics
ecosystem ecology
fire ecology
southern Africa