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Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie
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In this article, the authors evaluated the impact of multi-paddock (MP) grazing at a high stocking rate compared to light continuous (LC) and heavy continuous (HC) grazing on neighboring commercial ranches in each of three proximate counties in north Texas tall grass prairie.About:
This article is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 340 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Grazing.read more
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Managing adaptively for multifunctionality in agricultural systems
TL;DR: It is suggested that an adaptive management perspective would support the implementation of a systematic analysis of the social, ecological and economic trade-offs occurring within such systems, particularly between ecosystem services and functions, in order to provide suitable and comparable assessments.
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Sustainability of holistic and conventional cattle ranching in the seasonally dry tropics of Chiapas, Mexico
Bruce G. Ferguson,Stewart A.W. Diemont,Rigoberto Alfaro-Arguello,Jay F. Martin,José Nahed-Toral,David Álvarez-Solís,René Pinto-Ruiz +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the sustainability of 18 conventional and seven holistic, dual-purpose ranches, using three sets of sustainability metrics, including pasture divisions, higher grazing pressure, greater lengths of time between pasture burns, greater milk productivity, larger forest reserves, lower cow and calf mortality, purchase less hay and feed, and use less herbicides and pesticides than their conventional neighbors.
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Management of Grazing Intensity in the Semi‐Arid Rangelands of Southern Australia: Effects on Soil and Biodiversity
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of livestock grazing on soil carbon and biodiversity were examined in the southern Australian rangelands using paired paddock contrasts at three, long-term (>8 years) study locations.
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A global assessment of Holistic Planned Grazing™ compared with season-long, continuous grazing: meta-analysis findings
TL;DR: Weighted mean differences (effect sizes) between HPG and continuous grazing showed that there was no difference in plant basal cover, plant biomass and animal gain responses, suggesting that if animal impact is occurring during HPG, it has no effect on production.
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GHG Mitigation Potential of Different Grazing Strategies in the United States Southern Great Plains
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the possibility of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by ruminants using improved grazing by estimating GHG emissions for cow-calf farms under light continuous (LC), heavy continuous (HC) and rotational grazing, also known as multi-paddock (MP), management strategies in Southern Great Plain (SGP) using life cycle assessment (LCA).
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