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Long‐term stock grazing management in Travelling Stock Reserves and influence on conservation values
Author(s) -
Spooner Peter G.,
Morris Mark C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ecological management and restoration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1442-8903
pISSN - 1442-7001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00658.x
Subject(s) - grazing , stock (firearms) , conservation reserve program , conservation grazing , term (time) , ecology , environmental science , geography , biology , agroforestry , physics , agriculture , archaeology , quantum mechanics
Summary We examined the nature of long‐term grazing management implemented in 51 Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs) in the Albury region, and investigated potential relationships between grazing intensity and conservation values. In general, grazing intensities in most TSRs decreased over the 22 year study period. Most TSRs were lightly grazed (density = 1.1 DSE/ha/year), and stocked for <2 months per year, but some were much more heavily grazed. Spring grazing intensity was found to be negatively associated with TSR conservation values. Our results suggest that grazing management aims to achieve both production and conservation outcomes are not necessarily exclusive to each other.