Effects of short duration and high-intensity, low-frequency grazing systems on forage production and composition
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, C. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brooks, T. D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Garza, N. E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-23T19:06:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-23T19:06:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-03-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Taylor, C. A., Brooks, T. D., & Garza, N. E. (1993). Effects of short duration and high-intensity, low-frequency grazing systems on forage production and composition. Journal of Range Management, 46(2), 118-121. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-409X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2307/4002266 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/644552 | |
dc.description.abstract | Research was conducted at the Sonora Research Station during a 4-year period (1984 to 1988) to measure differences in herbaceous vegetation response between two 7-pasture 1-herd grazing systems. Grazing tactics were short duration (SDG-7 days graze, 42 days rest) and high intensity, low frequency (HILF-14 days graze, 84 days rest). Stocking rate for the 2 treatments was 10.4 ha/auy. Total aboveground net primary production (ANPP) varied significantly among years but not between grazing treatments. Significant, divergent shifts in composition did occur over the 4 years as a function of grazing treatment. Shortgrass production in the SDG pastures increased from 45% of the total ANPP for year 1 to 74% for year 4. Shortgrass ANPP in the HILF pastures comprised 44% of the total herbaceous production for year 1 and 51% for year 4. Midgrass ANPP in SDG pastures comprised 3.8% of the herbaceous production for year 1 and 13.6% for year 4. Midgrass production in the HILF pastures represented 4.7% for year 1 and 33.9% for year 4. Our data indicate the SDG system did not promote secondary succession from shortgrasses to midgrasses as effectively as did the HILF system. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Society for Range Management | |
dc.relation.url | https://rangelands.org/ | |
dc.rights | Copyright © Society for Range Management. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | ewes | |
dc.subject | dry matter accumulation | |
dc.subject | grazing trials | |
dc.subject | ecological succession | |
dc.subject | stocking rate | |
dc.subject | pastures | |
dc.subject | heifers | |
dc.subject | growth rate | |
dc.subject | grazing intensity | |
dc.subject | Texas | |
dc.subject | botanical composition | |
dc.subject | grazing | |
dc.subject | forage | |
dc.title | Effects of short duration and high-intensity, low-frequency grazing systems on forage production and composition | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Range Management | |
dc.description.note | This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. | |
dc.description.collectioninformation | The Journal of Range Management 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. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.description.admin-note | Migrated from OJS platform August 2020 | |
dc.source.volume | 46 | |
dc.source.issue | 2 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 118-121 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-09-23T19:06:17Z |