Grazing Optimization: A Plea for a Balanced Perspective. Academic Article

abstract

• Compensatory plant growth may be a significant ecological process that minimizes the reduction of primary production in direct proportion to the severity of defoliation in some species and systems given the appropriate combination of environmental variables. However, the potential benefits of compensatory growth should not obscure the well-established ecological processes governing the sustainability of grazed systems in the face of large scale environmental degradation and a rapidly expanding human population. The sustainability of grazed systems is a more fundamental issue than grazing optimization.

authors

• Briske, David

published proceedings

• Ecol Appl

author list (cited authors)

• Briske, D. D.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• Briske, David D

publication date

• February 1993

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS  Journal

keywords

• Compensatory Plant Growth
• Degradation Of Grazed Systems
• Domestic Grazers
• Grazing Management
• Grazing Optimization Hypothesis
• Plant Animal Interactions
• Sustainability Of Grazed Systems

PubMed Central ID

• 27759228

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1941784

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/178773

start page

• 24

end page

• 26

volume

• 3

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.2307%2F1941784