The Relation of Grazing to Plant Succession in the Tall Grass Prairie
Issue Date
1964-09-01Keywords
tallgrass prairieGrasslands Investigation Project
vegetation changes
cropland
Grazed
Protected
Heavy Grazing
plant succession
composition
weedsgrazingprotectionforageOklahoma
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Penfound, W. T. (1964). The relation of grazing to plant succession in the tall grass prairie. Journal of Range Management, 17(5), 256-260.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895446Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Grassland plots were subject to moderate grazing until 1949, but half of the plots were protected after that time. In general, complete protection from grazing resulted in rapid plant succession, an improvement in vegetation composition, a decrease in forage, and an increase in fresh and humic mulch.Type
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