The effect of grazing by cattle and sheep on diverse pastures&gt;

Bell, M. J.; Huggett, Zoë J.; Slinger, Kimberley R.; Roos, Felicity

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104261

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“…However, there are studies where higher pasture yields were formed, despite the low plant height (Bell et al, 2020;Kunrath et al, 2020). This is explained by the fact that there may be a high projective coverage of 80-89% on this plot (Austrheim et al, 2014).…”

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Pasture Productivity Depending on the Method of Pasture use in the Steppe Zone of Northern Kazakhstan

Akhylbekova¹,

Serekpayev²,

Nogayev³

et al. 2022

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

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Unsystematic grazing of animals and continuous use of pastures leads to their degradation and, accordingly, to a shortage of pasture forage for the production of competitive environmentally friendly livestock products. The proportion of productive grasses in grass covers is decreasing; therefore, there is an urgent need to preserve valuable plant species in pasture grass, restore the productivity of natural vegetation and enrich it with valuable grasses. This study evaluated the impact of the unsystematic grazing method and a developed pasture rotation scheme on the height of the herbage and the productivity of seasonal pasture plots. The study was conducted as an experiment in the Arshaly district of the Akmola region located in the northern part of Kazakhstan. In 2019, unsystematic grazing of animals was carried out on the studied contours of the pasture. The animals grazed without alternating pastures and, as a result, the plants were subjected to intensive grazing for long periods or without sufficient recovery periods. In 2020, there was rotational grazing, where cattle grazed in different areas according to the seasons using a certain pasture rotation. As a result of the conducted study, it was found that with pasture rotation, the height of the herbage increased from 9.56±2.94 to 16.42±5.65 cm. The productivity of pastures after grazing decreased sharply but in the following season, the grassland recovered from 0.77±0.22 to 0.91±0.4 t/ha and exceeded the indicators of unsystematic grazing.

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Pasture Productivity Depending on the Method of Pasture use in the Steppe Zone of Northern Kazakhstan

Akhylbekova¹,

Serekpayev²,

Nogayev³

et al. 2022

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

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“…In the mountainous and coastal regions of Croatia, grazing livestock is widespread on the basis of sheep and goat farms and the use of karst pastures (grassland) and silvo pastures [2]. Pastoral livestock systems are used for food production and provide income for rural people, but they also have important ecological (fertilizing the soil with manure, increasing the proportion of grass and density of swards, contributing to overall biological diversification, preventing fires) and cultural functions [3][4][5][6][7]. The domestic animals used in this sustainable pasture-based livestock production system usually belong to one of the endogenous breeds that are part of the traditional culture [8].…”

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Wolf (Canis lupus) Predation in Pastoral Livestock Systems: Case Study in Croatia

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The predation of livestock by gray wolf (Canis lupus; hereafter, wolf) is a problem throughout eastern Europe and poses a threat to sustainable pasture-based livestock production in some areas. In Croatia, farmers have alarmed the public with news of frequent wolf attacks in the last decade, and wolves, as protected animals, are perceived as a pest and a threat. The aim of this study was to analyze and present the frequency of attacks and killed/injured domestic animals in Croatia. During the ten-year period (2010–2020), 13,359 attack events were reported, where it was determined, with certainty, that the attack was by the wolf. In these attacks, 19,111 domestic animals were killed and 4634 were injured. Predation events occurred predominantly (92.71%) in three counties located in southern Croatia (sub-Mediterranean Croatia), whose total area is 11,170 km2 (19.74% of the total area of Croatia). The most frequently killed species were sheep (64.78% of all killed animals), which was followed by goats (19.28%) and cattle (9.59%). The highest frequency of attacks and animals killed was recorded in the summer followed by spring and autumn, and the lowest was in winter. The majority of attacks (79.57%) occurred in the morning and during the day. The animal with the highest average number killed per attack was sheep (1.64), which was followed by goats (1.38), cattle (0.99), horses (0.94), donkeys (0.95), and guardian dogs (0.92). During the studied period, in the three counties with the most frequent attacks, 11.72% of the average goat population, 6.34% of the cattle population, and 5.61% of the sheep population were killed. Wolf predation in sub-Mediterranean Croatia presents a threat to the population of domestic ruminants dominantly kept in pastoral livestock systems, and additional efforts need to be made to achieve co-existence between the wolf population and farmers.

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“…Several studies have investigated the effects of livestock grazing on grassland vegetation and soil (Wang et al, 2015; Wang & Wesche, 2016), including those to determine the feed intake of sheep (Müller et al, 2014), cattle (Bell et al, 2020) and goat (Manousidis et al, 2016), or on the selection of these livestock on grassland species. Their findings suggest that the forage selectivity of livestock differs among livestock species.…”

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Summer grazing by three livestock species at moderate intensity enhances primary productivity and drives community divergence in a semi‐arid steppe

Shi

Zhang

et al. 2022

Applied Vegetation Science

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Aims:The general effects of grazing by large herbivores on plant species composition and productivity are well known. Meanwhile, how different livestock species affect community structure is not fully understood. In northern China, livestock species composition is changing rapidly and hence, it is imperative to understand the resulting effects on grassland productivity and composition.Location: Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, China. Methods:We studied how grazing by three major livestock species affects typical steppe dominated by Leymus chinensis, Stipa grandis, Cleistogenes squarrosa and Carex korshinskyi, in a 4-year field experiment using a random block-design with four treatments (sheep, goat, cattle, no grazing), under summer grazing at moderate intensity.We calculated above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) and a selectivity index (SI) based on biomass to quantify livestock forage preferences.Result: We found that (i) sheep preferred Leymus chinensis and mixed subordinate species, cattle preferred Stipa grandis, and goat preferred Carex korshinskyi and Cleistogenes squarrosa. (ii) Consistent with these preferences, sheep increased the relative biomass of Stipa grandis, but reduced that of Carex korshinskyi; cattle reduced the relative biomass of Stipa grandis and Carex korshinskyi but increased that of mixed subordinate species; and goats reduced the relative biomass of Cleistogenes squarrosa and Carex korshinskyi but increased that of mixed subordinate species. (iii) Overall, grazing significantly increased ANPP, mainly due to an increase in ANPP of Leymus chinensis and subordinate species, at the cost of Stipa grandis.Conclusions: Summer grazing by different livestock species at moderate intensity can increase ANPP, while livestock forage preferences can drive divergent changes in species composition. Our results also imply that livestock composition can be used as a mean to manage vegetation dynamics.

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The effect of grazing by cattle and sheep on diverse pastures>

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Pasture Productivity Depending on the Method of Pasture use in the Steppe Zone of Northern Kazakhstan

Pasture Productivity Depending on the Method of Pasture use in the Steppe Zone of Northern Kazakhstan

Wolf (Canis lupus) Predation in Pastoral Livestock Systems: Case Study in Croatia

Summer grazing by three livestock species at moderate intensity enhances primary productivity and drives community divergence in a semi‐arid steppe

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