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Impact of grazing management on botanical diversity of grasslands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

J. R. B. Tallowin ,
A. J. Rook  and
S. M. Rutter
J. R. B. Tallowin
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Community Ecology Team, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, U.K.
A. J. Rook
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Community Ecology Team, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, U.K.
S. M. Rutter
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Community Ecology Team, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, U.K.
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Grazing is a natural process affecting the composition and structure of plant communities and is widely considered to be an essential nature conservation tool. However, our understanding of the interrelations between grazing by large herbivores and biodiversity is relatively poor. Nature conservation imperatives, to control succession, for example, mean that practice has moved ahead of the science knowledge base on grazing. This gap now needs to be bridged. Improving our understanding of and ability to predict consequences of manipulating grazing pressure, duration, type and/or mix of large herbivore on biodiversity outcomes are particular issues that we are addressing.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 244
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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