Vegetation response on allotments grazed under rest-rotation management
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Authors: R. E. Eckert, and J. S. Spencer
Date: 1986
Journal: Journal of Range Management
Volume: 39
Number: 2
Pages: 166-174
Summary of Methods: This study is a quantitative description of the response of vegetation from 1973 to 1983 on the Goldbanks and Pueblo Mountain cattle allotments in northern Nevada managed under a 3-year pasture rest-rotation grazing system. Forage use was heavy in all years and averaged 65% in June, 75% in July and August, and 80% in October. Few long-term changes in vegetation frequency and cover were observed. Perennial forbs did increase on a number of sites. Increases in Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis) indicate a slow downward trend in vegetation where Thurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana) or bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spicatum) is the potential dominant graminoid.
Article Summary / Main Points: None
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MLRA Ecoregions:
Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones Rangelands Wildlife
Article Review Type: Refereed
Article Type: Experimental Research
Keywords: grazing, rest-rotation, cattle, vegetation response
Annotation: For the Goldbanks Allotment: Average use in grazed pastures has been 633 AUM's. The grazing sequence for 1 pasture over a 3-year period is: A. first year-graze (graze from May-October), B. second year-seedripe (graze from July 15, seedripe, to October 31), and C. third year-rest (rest year-long). For the Pueblo Mountain Allotment: Average use in grazed pastures has been 491 AUM's. The grazing sequence for 1 pasture over a 3-year period is: A. first year-graze (graze from July 1-July 31), B. second year-seedripe (graze from August 1, seedripe, to October 31), and C. third year-rest (rest year-long).
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