Anne Farruggia

TL;DR: The results suggested that at least butterfly diversity would peak in vegetation taller than that of vascular plants, and the Low and Intermediate stocking rates were suitable for providing a high diversity of the three taxonomic groups.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare milk fatty acid profile and texture and appearance of Cantal cheeses obtained from cows grazing two different upland grasslands: a highly diversified pasture (74 species) of area 12.5 ha managed under continuous mode (C), and a weakly diversified, pasture-fed pasture (31 species), of area 7.7 ha (R).

TL;DR: Over the whole data set, digestibility and most community-weighted means of traits responded to climatic factors and management regimes, but relations were not always significant when each site was considered separately.

TL;DR: In this article, the stability of grazing-induced spatial patterns of vegetation was analyzed at two spatial scales (25 m × 20 m areas and 1.6 m × 0.8 m grids) in pastures of contrasting productivity.

TL;DR: Neither diet quality nor individual animal performance were affected by the different stocking rate treatments despite high variability in the quantity and quality of herbage offered and differences in diet selection, which could represent the optimal balance to satisfy both livestock production and conservation management objectives.