Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment

The contention that productivity of cold temperate grasslands of southern Patagonia have been greatly affected by domestic herbivore grazing in the past is fairly widespread. The consequences of spatiotemporal interactions between grazing and abiotic factors on the overall productivity of such syste...

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Autores principales: Cibils, Andres Francisco, Coughenour, M.B.
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Publicado: Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz 2025
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23049
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author Cibils, Andres Francisco
Coughenour, M.B.
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description The contention that productivity of cold temperate grasslands of southern Patagonia have been greatly affected by domestic herbivore grazing in the past is fairly widespread. The consequences of spatiotemporal interactions between grazing and abiotic factors on the overall productivity of such systems, however, are still poorly understood. Predictions of both short- and long-term impacts of grazing management strategies on grassland productivity require a better understanding of these interactions. In this paper we make a critical assessment of the impact of grazing management on long-term sustainability of the grass steppes of southern Patagonia (Argentina). We discuss this issue in the context of current understanding of structure and function of these grass steppes, and of present-day global change concerns. We explore the capabilities of present-day tools to integrate biotic and abiotic factors at the landscape level to improve grazing management decisions.
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spelling INTA230492025-07-16T17:03:45Z Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment Cibils, Andres Francisco Coughenour, M.B. Pastoreo Sistemas de Pastoreo Praderas Temperatura Grazing Grazing Systems Grasslands Temperature Región Patagónica The contention that productivity of cold temperate grasslands of southern Patagonia have been greatly affected by domestic herbivore grazing in the past is fairly widespread. The consequences of spatiotemporal interactions between grazing and abiotic factors on the overall productivity of such systems, however, are still poorly understood. Predictions of both short- and long-term impacts of grazing management strategies on grassland productivity require a better understanding of these interactions. In this paper we make a critical assessment of the impact of grazing management on long-term sustainability of the grass steppes of southern Patagonia (Argentina). We discuss this issue in the context of current understanding of structure and function of these grass steppes, and of present-day global change concerns. We explore the capabilities of present-day tools to integrate biotic and abiotic factors at the landscape level to improve grazing management decisions. EEA Santa Cruz, INTA Fil: Cibils, Andres Francisco. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Coughenour, M.B.. Colorado State University. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Estados Unidos 2025-07-16T16:38:17Z 2025-07-16T16:38:17Z 2001 info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de conferencia info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23049 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz The XIX International Grassland Congress took place in São Pedro, São Paulo, Brazil from February 11 through February 21, 2001
spellingShingle Pastoreo
Sistemas de Pastoreo
Praderas
Temperatura
Grazing
Grazing Systems
Grasslands
Temperature
Región Patagónica
Cibils, Andres Francisco
Coughenour, M.B.
Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title_full Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title_fullStr Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title_short Impact of Grazing Management on the Productivity of Cold Temperate Grasslands of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment
title_sort impact of grazing management on the productivity of cold temperate grasslands of southern patagonia a critical assessment
topic Pastoreo
Sistemas de Pastoreo
Praderas
Temperatura
Grazing
Grazing Systems
Grasslands
Temperature
Región Patagónica
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