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Book Synopsis Ruminant Grazing Behavior: A Tool to Improve Product Quality and Ecosystem Services by : Mauro Coppa
Download or read book Ruminant Grazing Behavior: A Tool to Improve Product Quality and Ecosystem Services written by Mauro Coppa and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Upper montane meadows are keystone areas of ecological importance within a forested landscape: Although montane meadows comprise less than 10% of the Sierra Nevada, they represent tremendous ecological, social, and economic importance. Meadows are highly productive and provide numerous ecosystem services, such as wildlife habitat, flood flow retention and maintenance of summer stream baseflows, and forage production for permitted cattle grazing. Because montane meadows provide for these multiple uses, there has been considerable concern regarding potential detrimental effects of livestock grazing on meadow functioning, especially in high elevation systems on US Forest Service lands. Public lands grazing in higher elevation range is crucial to sustaining many Sierra foothill ranching operations: In the Sierra foothills, forage quality and livestock performance is generally low throughout the inadequate dry forage period (i.e., summer season), and so managers must seek alternative feed sources (e.g., high elevation grazing leases) during this time. For these reasons, there is a growing amount of interest and examination of the potential impacts of cattle grazing on meadow functions and ecosystem services. This research was part of a larger collaborative effort, the Yosemite Toad Adaptive Management Project, between the USDA Forest Service-Pacific Southwest Region, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis. The overall project included multiple experimental approaches to investigate the potential impacts of cattle grazing on a sensitive amphibian species, Yosemite toads (Bufo canorus Camp), and its meadow habitat. In the first study, we investigated the potential to alleviate possible negative grazing impacts on hydrologic, water quality, and cover habitat conditions via cattle exclusion treatments. Our objectives were to: 1) Determine associations between breeding pool habitat conditions and use of potential breeding pools by toads, and 2) Determine how habitat conditions respond to cattle exclusion treatments on the Sierra National Forest, California. We randomly selected two toad occupied and two unoccupied breeding pools in each of nine meadows for this study (n=36 breeding pools). After baseline data collection in 2006, three meadow fencing treatments were implemented over the course of three years. Treatments were fencing to exclude cattle from the entire meadow; fencing to exclude cattle from potential toad breeding and rearing areas, with grazing allowed in the remaining unfenced portion of the meadow; and cattle grazing allowed across the entire meadow. We monitored hydrologic, water quality, and cover habitat factors as well as toad occupancy during the breeding seasons of 2006 through 2008. Concentrations of water quality constituents were uniformly low all years, regardless of treatment. Occupied pools were shallower, warmer, and more nitrogen enriched than unoccupied breeding pools. We found no evidence of improved toad breeding pool habitat conditions following fencing compared to standard US Forest Service grazing management. The second study was a three year, cross-sectional observational survey of cattle grazing intensity and Yosemite toad occupancy of meadows across the extensive grazing landscape. We surveyed biotic and abiotic factors influencing cattle utilization and toad occupancy across 24 meadows to investigate potential associations between grazing and amphibian occurrence and inform conservation planning efforts. Toad occupancy, cattle utilization, plant community, and hydrologic data were collected within each meadow. Cattle use was negatively related to meadow wetness, while toad occupancy was positively related to meadow wetness. In mid and late season (mid July through mid September) grazing periods, cattle selected for higher forage quality diets associated with drier meadows. Bayesian structural equation model analyses supported the hypothesis that meadow wetness had a greater magnitude of influence on toad meadow occupancy than cattle grazing intensity. The third study focuses on the variation in soil and plant community properties, and associated ecosystem services, across grazed meadow catenas. This patch-level (i.e., within meadow) approach allowed us to: 1) Quantify patch-level relationships among wetness, plant community characteristics, and annual cattle utilization within meadows; and 2) Quantify and describe plant community and soil characteristics expressed across meadow catenas to evaluate the variation in--and 'compatibility' of--multiple ecosystem services across grazed meadows. We found significant differences in the levels of multiple ecosystem services provided across patch types. Drier (moist to mesic) patches provided greater forage quality value, and experienced greater grazing pressures. These patches also supported greater plant species richness and diversity. The wettest patch types, produced by season-long high water tables, had the greatest accumulations of soil organic matter, soil C, and soil N. There were no significant cattle grazing impacts on soil characteristics across patch types. Collectively, these findings suggest that cattle production, wildlife conservation, and maintenance of soil properties can be compatible goals within this working landscape. Loss of critical wet meadow habitat will have direct negative impacts on sensitive aquatic species and soil health; therefore, managing current land uses to maintain proper meadow functioning conditions, restoring sites degraded from past land use activities (i.e., legacy effects), and mitigating potential climate change impacts on meadow ecohydrology are vital to conservation of multiple ecosystem services.
Book Synopsis Cattle Grazing and Provisioning of Ecosystem Services in Sierra Nevada Mountain Meadows by : Leslie Michele Roche
Download or read book Cattle Grazing and Provisioning of Ecosystem Services in Sierra Nevada Mountain Meadows written by Leslie Michele Roche and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upper montane meadows are keystone areas of ecological importance within a forested landscape: Although montane meadows comprise less than 10% of the Sierra Nevada, they represent tremendous ecological, social, and economic importance. Meadows are highly productive and provide numerous ecosystem services, such as wildlife habitat, flood flow retention and maintenance of summer stream baseflows, and forage production for permitted cattle grazing. Because montane meadows provide for these multiple uses, there has been considerable concern regarding potential detrimental effects of livestock grazing on meadow functioning, especially in high elevation systems on US Forest Service lands. Public lands grazing in higher elevation range is crucial to sustaining many Sierra foothill ranching operations: In the Sierra foothills, forage quality and livestock performance is generally low throughout the inadequate dry forage period (i.e., summer season), and so managers must seek alternative feed sources (e.g., high elevation grazing leases) during this time. For these reasons, there is a growing amount of interest and examination of the potential impacts of cattle grazing on meadow functions and ecosystem services. This research was part of a larger collaborative effort, the Yosemite Toad Adaptive Management Project, between the USDA Forest Service-Pacific Southwest Region, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis. The overall project included multiple experimental approaches to investigate the potential impacts of cattle grazing on a sensitive amphibian species, Yosemite toads (Bufo canorus Camp), and its meadow habitat. In the first study, we investigated the potential to alleviate possible negative grazing impacts on hydrologic, water quality, and cover habitat conditions via cattle exclusion treatments. Our objectives were to: 1) Determine associations between breeding pool habitat conditions and use of potential breeding pools by toads, and 2) Determine how habitat conditions respond to cattle exclusion treatments on the Sierra National Forest, California. We randomly selected two toad occupied and two unoccupied breeding pools in each of nine meadows for this study (n=36 breeding pools). After baseline data collection in 2006, three meadow fencing treatments were implemented over the course of three years. Treatments were fencing to exclude cattle from the entire meadow; fencing to exclude cattle from potential toad breeding and rearing areas, with grazing allowed in the remaining unfenced portion of the meadow; and cattle grazing allowed across the entire meadow. We monitored hydrologic, water quality, and cover habitat factors as well as toad occupancy during the breeding seasons of 2006 through 2008. Concentrations of water quality constituents were uniformly low all years, regardless of treatment. Occupied pools were shallower, warmer, and more nitrogen enriched than unoccupied breeding pools. We found no evidence of improved toad breeding pool habitat conditions following fencing compared to standard US Forest Service grazing management. The second study was a three year, cross-sectional observational survey of cattle grazing intensity and Yosemite toad occupancy of meadows across the extensive grazing landscape. We surveyed biotic and abiotic factors influencing cattle utilization and toad occupancy across 24 meadows to investigate potential associations between grazing and amphibian occurrence and inform conservation planning efforts. Toad occupancy, cattle utilization, plant community, and hydrologic data were collected within each meadow. Cattle use was negatively related to meadow wetness, while toad occupancy was positively related to meadow wetness. In mid and late season (mid July through mid September) grazing periods, cattle selected for higher forage quality diets associated with drier meadows. Bayesian structural equation model analyses supported the hypothesis that meadow wetness had a greater magnitude of influence on toad meadow occupancy than cattle grazing intensity. The third study focuses on the variation in soil and plant community properties, and associated ecosystem services, across grazed meadow catenas. This patch-level (i.e., within meadow) approach allowed us to: 1) Quantify patch-level relationships among wetness, plant community characteristics, and annual cattle utilization within meadows; and 2) Quantify and describe plant community and soil characteristics expressed across meadow catenas to evaluate the variation in--and 'compatibility' of--multiple ecosystem services across grazed meadows. We found significant differences in the levels of multiple ecosystem services provided across patch types. Drier (moist to mesic) patches provided greater forage quality value, and experienced greater grazing pressures. These patches also supported greater plant species richness and diversity. The wettest patch types, produced by season-long high water tables, had the greatest accumulations of soil organic matter, soil C, and soil N. There were no significant cattle grazing impacts on soil characteristics across patch types. Collectively, these findings suggest that cattle production, wildlife conservation, and maintenance of soil properties can be compatible goals within this working landscape. Loss of critical wet meadow habitat will have direct negative impacts on sensitive aquatic species and soil health; therefore, managing current land uses to maintain proper meadow functioning conditions, restoring sites degraded from past land use activities (i.e., legacy effects), and mitigating potential climate change impacts on meadow ecohydrology are vital to conservation of multiple ecosystem services.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Book Synopsis Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Download or read book Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis One-Health meets microbiota: Interactions between digestive tract microbiota, host, and environment by : Xiaodan Huang
Download or read book One-Health meets microbiota: Interactions between digestive tract microbiota, host, and environment written by Xiaodan Huang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
This Research Topic is hosted in partnership with the "Grazing in Future Multi-Scapes" international workshop. The workshop will be held online, 30th May - 5th June 2021. Throughout different landscapes of the world, “grazing” herbivores fulfill essential roles in ecology, agriculture, economies and cultures including: families, farms, and communities. Not only do livestock provide food and wealth, they also deliver ecosystem services through the roles they play in environmental composition, structure and dynamics. Grazing, as a descriptive adjective, locates herbivores within a spatial and temporal pastoral context where they naturally graze or are grazed by farmers, ranchers, shepherds etc. In many cases, however, pastoralism with the single objective of maximizing animal production and/or profit has transformed landscapes, diminishing biodiversity, reducing water and air quality, accelerating loss of soil and plant biomass, and displacing indigenous animals and people. These degenerative landscape transformations have jeopardized present and future ecosystem and societal services, breaking the natural integration of land, water, air, health, society and culture. Land-users, policy makers and societies are calling for alternative approaches to pastoral systems; a call for diversified-adaptive and integrative agro-ecological and food-pastoral-systems designs that operate across multiple scales and ‘scapes’ (e.g. thought-, social-, land-, food-, health-, wild-scapes), simultaneously. There needs to be a paradigm shift in pastoral production systems and how grazing herbivores are managed –grazed- within them, derived initially from a change in perception of how they provide wealth. The thoughtscapes will include paradigm shifts where grazers move away from the actual archetype of pastoralism, future landscapes are re-imagined, and regenerative and sustainable management paradigms are put in place to achieve these visions. From this will come a change in collective thinking of how communities and cultures (socialscapes) perceive their relationships with pastoral lands. The landscapes are the biotic and abiotic four-dimensional domains or environments in need of nurture. Landscapes are the tables where humans and herbivores gain their nourishment, i.e. foodscapes. Foodscapes and dietary perceptions, dictate actions and reactions that are changing as developed countries grapple with diseases related to obesity, and people starve in developing countries. Societies are demanding healthscapes and nutraceutical foodscapes, and paradoxically, some are moving away from animal products. While indigenous species of animals, including humans (wildscapes), have been displaced from many of their lands by monotonic pastoralism, multifunctional pastoral systems can be designed in view of dynamic multi-scapes of the future. The purpose of this Research Topic is to influence future mental and practical models of pastoralism in continually evolving multi-scapes. We seek a collection of papers that will cultivate such a shift in thinking towards future models of sustainable multipurpose pastoralism. The contributions will be synthesized to establish how multifunctional pastoral systems can be re-imagined and then designed in view of the integrative dynamics of sustainable future multi-scapes.
Book Synopsis Grazing in Future Multi-scapes: From Thoughtscapes to Landscapes, Creating Health from the Ground Up by : Pablo Gregorini
Download or read book Grazing in Future Multi-scapes: From Thoughtscapes to Landscapes, Creating Health from the Ground Up written by Pablo Gregorini and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Research Topic is hosted in partnership with the "Grazing in Future Multi-Scapes" international workshop. The workshop will be held online, 30th May - 5th June 2021. Throughout different landscapes of the world, “grazing” herbivores fulfill essential roles in ecology, agriculture, economies and cultures including: families, farms, and communities. Not only do livestock provide food and wealth, they also deliver ecosystem services through the roles they play in environmental composition, structure and dynamics. Grazing, as a descriptive adjective, locates herbivores within a spatial and temporal pastoral context where they naturally graze or are grazed by farmers, ranchers, shepherds etc. In many cases, however, pastoralism with the single objective of maximizing animal production and/or profit has transformed landscapes, diminishing biodiversity, reducing water and air quality, accelerating loss of soil and plant biomass, and displacing indigenous animals and people. These degenerative landscape transformations have jeopardized present and future ecosystem and societal services, breaking the natural integration of land, water, air, health, society and culture. Land-users, policy makers and societies are calling for alternative approaches to pastoral systems; a call for diversified-adaptive and integrative agro-ecological and food-pastoral-systems designs that operate across multiple scales and ‘scapes’ (e.g. thought-, social-, land-, food-, health-, wild-scapes), simultaneously. There needs to be a paradigm shift in pastoral production systems and how grazing herbivores are managed –grazed- within them, derived initially from a change in perception of how they provide wealth. The thoughtscapes will include paradigm shifts where grazers move away from the actual archetype of pastoralism, future landscapes are re-imagined, and regenerative and sustainable management paradigms are put in place to achieve these visions. From this will come a change in collective thinking of how communities and cultures (socialscapes) perceive their relationships with pastoral lands. The landscapes are the biotic and abiotic four-dimensional domains or environments in need of nurture. Landscapes are the tables where humans and herbivores gain their nourishment, i.e. foodscapes. Foodscapes and dietary perceptions, dictate actions and reactions that are changing as developed countries grapple with diseases related to obesity, and people starve in developing countries. Societies are demanding healthscapes and nutraceutical foodscapes, and paradoxically, some are moving away from animal products. While indigenous species of animals, including humans (wildscapes), have been displaced from many of their lands by monotonic pastoralism, multifunctional pastoral systems can be designed in view of dynamic multi-scapes of the future. The purpose of this Research Topic is to influence future mental and practical models of pastoralism in continually evolving multi-scapes. We seek a collection of papers that will cultivate such a shift in thinking towards future models of sustainable multipurpose pastoralism. The contributions will be synthesized to establish how multifunctional pastoral systems can be re-imagined and then designed in view of the integrative dynamics of sustainable future multi-scapes.
Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close attention to how the animals are grazing, the resulting poorly managed grazing system can be harmful to the health of the livestock, pasture plants, and soils. Well-managed pastures can instead create healthier animals, a diverse and resilient pasture ecosystem, and other benefits. Flack delves deeply below the surface of "let the cows eat grass," demonstrating that grazing management is a sophisticated science that requires mastery of plant and animal physiology, animal behavior, and ecology. She also shows readers that applying grazing management science on a working farm is an art form that calls on grass farmers to be careful observers, excellent planners and record-keepers, skillful interpreters of their observations, and creative troubleshooters. The Art and Science of Grazing will allow farmers to gain a solid understanding of the key principles of grazing management so they can both design and manage successful grazing systems. The book's unique approach presents information first from the perspective of pasture plants, and then from the livestock perspective--helping farmers understand both plant and animal needs before setting up a grazing system. This book is an essential guide for ruminant farmers who want to be able to create grazing systems that meet the needs of their livestock, pasture plants, soils, and the larger ecosystem. The book discusses all the practical details that are critical for sustained success: how to set up a new system or improve existing systems; acreage calculations; paddock layout; fence and drinking water access; lanes and other grazing infrastructure; managing livestock movement and flow; soil fertility; seeding and reseeding pastures; and more. The author includes descriptions of real grazing systems working well on dairy, beef, goat, and sheep farms in different regions of North America. The book covers pasture requirements specific to organic farming, but will be of use to both organic and non-organic farms.
Book Synopsis The Art and Science of Grazing by : Sarah Flack
Download or read book The Art and Science of Grazing written by Sarah Flack and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close attention to how the animals are grazing, the resulting poorly managed grazing system can be harmful to the health of the livestock, pasture plants, and soils. Well-managed pastures can instead create healthier animals, a diverse and resilient pasture ecosystem, and other benefits. Flack delves deeply below the surface of "let the cows eat grass," demonstrating that grazing management is a sophisticated science that requires mastery of plant and animal physiology, animal behavior, and ecology. She also shows readers that applying grazing management science on a working farm is an art form that calls on grass farmers to be careful observers, excellent planners and record-keepers, skillful interpreters of their observations, and creative troubleshooters. The Art and Science of Grazing will allow farmers to gain a solid understanding of the key principles of grazing management so they can both design and manage successful grazing systems. The book's unique approach presents information first from the perspective of pasture plants, and then from the livestock perspective--helping farmers understand both plant and animal needs before setting up a grazing system. This book is an essential guide for ruminant farmers who want to be able to create grazing systems that meet the needs of their livestock, pasture plants, soils, and the larger ecosystem. The book discusses all the practical details that are critical for sustained success: how to set up a new system or improve existing systems; acreage calculations; paddock layout; fence and drinking water access; lanes and other grazing infrastructure; managing livestock movement and flow; soil fertility; seeding and reseeding pastures; and more. The author includes descriptions of real grazing systems working well on dairy, beef, goat, and sheep farms in different regions of North America. The book covers pasture requirements specific to organic farming, but will be of use to both organic and non-organic farms.
Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability
Book Synopsis Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures by : Monte Rouquette, Jr.
Download or read book Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures written by Monte Rouquette, Jr. and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability
SIMPLE questions often help us to understand problems better; and I think it indispensable, at the beginning of this work, to ask a question which appears simple in the extreme: "What is grazing?" The answer is generally as follows: "Causing grass to be eaten by an animal." That is correct! But here is another answer which, to my mind, is more realistic: "Causing the grass and the animal to meet." Since this book is almost exclusively concerned with grazing by cattle, I propose the following definition to the reader, requesting him to allow it to become well impressed upon his mind: Grazing is the meeting of cow and grass. It is by satisfying as far as possible the demands of both parties that we will arrive at a rational grazing, which will provide us with maximum productivity on the part of the grass while at the same time allowing the cow to give optimum performance. [From the Introduction]
Book Synopsis Grass Productivity: An Introduction to Rational Grazing by : Dr. Robert C. Worstell
Download or read book Grass Productivity: An Introduction to Rational Grazing written by Dr. Robert C. Worstell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIMPLE questions often help us to understand problems better; and I think it indispensable, at the beginning of this work, to ask a question which appears simple in the extreme: "What is grazing?" The answer is generally as follows: "Causing grass to be eaten by an animal." That is correct! But here is another answer which, to my mind, is more realistic: "Causing the grass and the animal to meet." Since this book is almost exclusively concerned with grazing by cattle, I propose the following definition to the reader, requesting him to allow it to become well impressed upon his mind: Grazing is the meeting of cow and grass. It is by satisfying as far as possible the demands of both parties that we will arrive at a rational grazing, which will provide us with maximum productivity on the part of the grass while at the same time allowing the cow to give optimum performance. [From the Introduction]
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Book Synopsis Rangeland Systems by : David D. Briske
Download or read book Rangeland Systems written by David D. Briske and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Using vivid images and detailed explanations, Gerrish takes graziers step by step through the MiG system. He begins from the ground up with the soil, and advances through the management of pastures and animals. Written for those new to MiG grazing, Gerrish's insight and personal experience can help experienced graziers fine tune their grazing operations for added income.
Book Synopsis Management-intensive Grazing by : Jim Gerrish
Download or read book Management-intensive Grazing written by Jim Gerrish and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using vivid images and detailed explanations, Gerrish takes graziers step by step through the MiG system. He begins from the ground up with the soil, and advances through the management of pastures and animals. Written for those new to MiG grazing, Gerrish's insight and personal experience can help experienced graziers fine tune their grazing operations for added income.
