Fall cattle grazing versus mowing to increase big-game forage
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Authors: N. Taylor, J. E. Knight, and J. J. Short
Date: 2004
Journal: Wildlife Society Bulletin
Volume: 32
Number: 2
Pages: 449-455
Summary of Methods: Taylor et al. found that mowing, at a moderate utilization level (50%), in the fall can leave more grass, as well as total biomass for elk and deer the following spring. Cattle grazing at a 90% utilization level can also leave more grass and biomass, but the authors urged that it can have an adverse effects on vegetation in the long run. Overall, mowing and grazing at the 70% utilization level did not seem to have any effect on total biomass.
Article Summary / Main Points: None
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Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones Rangelands Wildlife
Article Review Type: Peer Reviewed
Article Type: Experimental Research
Keywords: cervus elaphus, elk, festuca scabrella, mowing, mule deer, odocoileus hemionus, prescribed cattle grazing, rough fescue
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