Vegetation response to time-controlled grazing on mixed and fescue prairie
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Authors: W. D. Willms, S. Smoliak, and J. F. Dormarr
Date: 1990
Journal: Journal of Range Management
Volume: 43
Number: 6
Pages: 513-517
Summary of Methods: For 6 years, Willms et al measured changes in vegetation composition and root dynamics inside and outside of exclosures on seeded, mixed-grass and fescue prairie sites, managed with time controlled grazing. Sites exposed to grazing had lower range condition, vegetation density and root mass than areas inside exclosures. Grazing altered species composition in fescue prairie and seeded grasslands by increasing the composition of weeds and decreasing the composition of rough fescue plants. Based on these results the authors concluded that the time-controlled grazing system does not enhance range condition under heavy stocking rates in the seeded, mixed-grass and fescue prairies of Alberta.
Article Summary / Main Points: None
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Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones Rangelands Wildlife
Article Review Type: Refereed
Article Type: Experimental Research
Keywords: botanical composition, regrowth, yield, root biomass, root distribution, exclosure, grazing system
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