Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel
In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (she...
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1996
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| author | Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y. Fernández Rivera, S. |
| author_browse | Fernández Rivera, S. Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y. |
| author_facet | Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y. Fernández Rivera, S. |
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| description | In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (sheep:goat ratios of 0:6, 2:4, 4:2 and 6:0) varied from year to year. In the longer term, grazing also affected the botanical composition. Grasses were promoted at low grazing intensities and dicotyledons at high grazing intensities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace506192023-02-15T09:36:01Z Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y. Fernández Rivera, S. arid zones fallow sheep goats grazing stocking rate grazing systems mixed grazing grasslands deserts cattle grazing intensity botanical composition In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (sheep:goat ratios of 0:6, 2:4, 4:2 and 6:0) varied from year to year. In the longer term, grazing also affected the botanical composition. Grasses were promoted at low grazing intensities and dicotyledons at high grazing intensities. 1996 2014-10-31T06:21:26Z 2014-10-31T06:21:26Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50619 en Limited Access Society for Range Management |
| spellingShingle | arid zones fallow sheep goats grazing stocking rate grazing systems mixed grazing grasslands deserts cattle grazing intensity botanical composition Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y. Fernández Rivera, S. Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title | Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title_full | Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title_fullStr | Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title_short | Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel |
| title_sort | grazing effects of goat sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the sahel |
| topic | arid zones fallow sheep goats grazing stocking rate grazing systems mixed grazing grasslands deserts cattle grazing intensity botanical composition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50619 |
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