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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Grazing capacity"”.
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Brush packing as a restoration technology to restore grazing capacity after bush control in the North West Province
… containing brush packing indicated improved grazing capacity by up to a 1000% in a degraded semi-arid communal savanna rangeland. Species diversity also increased within treatments containing brush packing, owing to re-seeding and the protective effect from the brush packing. Further …
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The effect of perennial grass species on forage growth and quality, etiolated growth, animal performance and economics
… forage yield and quality, steer performance and grazing capacity, animal intake, plant energy reserves and economic return under grazed conditions. In 1999, two 0.8 ha replicates each of ‘Paddock’ meadow bromegrass (Bromus ripariusRehm.), ‘Carlton’ smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermisLeyss.) and ‘AC …
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Long-term monitoring of vegetation dynamics in the Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa
… possible vegetation changes under the reduced grazing pressure. The first monitoring was done in 1974 when two line transects, of 1 km each, were surveyed. These surveys have been repeated annually covering a period of more than 30 years. When the reserve was enlarged in 1990, five additional …
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Rangeland condition in the Tembe Traditional Area, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… study was to evaluate the range condition and grazing capacity of the natural veld. A management plan for the Tshanni Community Conservation Area is presented, which could potentially serve as template for similar areas. To accomplish these objectives a cattle as well as a vegetation survey …
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Expanding grasslands? Structural biome shifts in the dryland rangelands of the eastern Karoo revealed through long-term observation of climate, vegetation and land use change
… been attributed to high stocking rates and overgrazing by domestic livestock. Predictions of an eastward encroachment of shrublands into the semiarid grasslands, and resultant declines in productivity, emerged in the 1950s based on concerns that livestock overgrazing would persist. In response …
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Conserving living landscapes: investigating the impacts of livestock grazing and assessing rangeland restoration potential in Overberg Renosterveld, South Africa
… Historically, large herds of indigenous grazing mammals roamed these landscapes. Today the Overberg's agricultural lands are fragmented by land cover change and divided by fences. In the contemporary landscape animals, largely domestic livestock, and plant resources are closely coupled, …