Plant synecology in the service of rangeland management

West, Neil E.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3085-8_2

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“…Instead of considering mono-or polyclimax vegetation communities on rangelands as the highest stable, steady states, many ecologists are now of the opinion that there are possibly multiple steady states. Furthermore, many ecologists believe that successional trajectories have probabilistic rather than predetermined courses, and that association of particular plant species is much more random than previously thought (West, 1988;Smith, 1978;Westoby et aL, 1989;Friedel, 1991;Laycock, 1991;Johnson and Mayeux, 1992;Joyce, 1993;Tausch et al, 1993). The major issue is linear succession to a single stable 'climax' versus plant successional trajectories to a variety of states.…”

Section: Indicator 13: Annual Removal Of Rangeland Biomass Compared Tmentioning

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Applicability of Montreal Process Criterion 2 — productive capacity — to rangeland sustainability

McArthur

Kitchen

Uresk

et al. 2000

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Rangelands provide habitat for a wide array of plants and animals and forage for both domestic and wild herbivores. Estimating the cumulative area of rangeland in a country (Indicator 10) is complicated by how rangeland is defined and the scale at which range sites occur and are classified. Determining biomass production available for p i n g (Indicator 11) including plantations and seedings of native and exotic plants including cultivars (Indicator 12), and the amount of sustainable annual biomass removal (Indicator 13), and the removal of non-rangeland (E non-livestock) products (Indicator 14) is also difficult. Nevertheless, these indicators are just as applicable for monitoring sustainable management of rangelands as they are for forests. Productivity also varies with seral stage. Inclusion of multiple seral stages across the landscape generally increases the diversity of plant and animal species that occupy the landscape. Sometimes degraded landscapes require restorative practices; plant materials are available for rehabilitation plantings.

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