Authors
Richard Teague, Fred Provenza, Urs Kreuter, Tim Steffens, Matt Barnes
Publication date
2013/10/15
Source
Journal of Environmental management
Volume
128
Pages
699-717
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
Maintaining or enhancing the productive capacity and resilience of rangeland ecosystems is critical for the continued support of people who depend on them for their livelihoods, especially in the face of climatic change. This is also necessary for the continued delivery of ecosystem services derived from rangelands for the broader benefit of societies around the world. Multi-paddock grazing management has been recommended since the mid-20th century as an important tool to adaptively manage rangelands ecosystems to sustain productivity and improve animal management. Moreover, there is much anecdotal evidence from producers that, if applied appropriately, multi-paddock grazing can improve forage and livestock production. By contrast, recent reviews of published rangeland-based grazing systems studies have concluded that, in general, field trials show no superiority of vegetation or animal production in …
Scholar articles
R Teague, F Provenza, U Kreuter, T Steffens, M Barnes - Journal of Environmental management, 2013