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dc.contributor.authorHeitschmidt, R. K.
dc.contributor.authorDowhower, S. L.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, J. W.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T03:26:39Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T03:26:39Z
dc.date.issued1987-07-01
dc.identifier.citationHeitschmidt, R. K., Dowhower, S. L., & Walker, J. W. (1987). Some effects of a rotational grazing treatment on quantity and quality of available forage and amount of ground litter. Journal of Range Management, 40(4), 318-321.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3898728
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/645242
dc.description.abstractA 16-paddock, cell-designed, rotational grazing (RG) system was initiated in March 1981 to evaluate the effects of RG on various vegetation response variables and cow/calf production. This 20-month study was initiated in January 1983 to contrast herbage dynamics in the RG treatment to those in a yearlong continuously grazed treatment (MC). Rate of stocking in the RG treatment was 3.7 ha/cow/year as compared to a moderate rate of 5.9 ha/cow/year in the MC treatment. There was no difference between treatments in herbage growth dynamics. Total herbaceous standing crop, however, was greater in the MC treatment than the RG because of greater amounts of senesced forage. The resultant effect on forage quality, in terms of crude protein (CP) concentration and organic matter digestibility (OMD) was that they were generally greater in the RG than the MC treatment. Litter standing crop was also less in the RG than MC treatment although seasonal dynamics were similar. Results indicate differences between treatments were caused primarily by differences in stocking rates and not grazing systems.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
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dc.subjectorganic matter digestibility
dc.subjectcrop quality
dc.subjectcontinuous grazing
dc.subjectstocking rate
dc.subjectpastures
dc.subjectrotational grazing
dc.subjectdigestibility
dc.subjectcrude protein
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectplant litter
dc.subjectforage
dc.titleSome Effects of a Rotational Grazing Treatment on Quantity and Quality of Available Forage and Amount of Ground Litter
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume40
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.beginpage318-321
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