When does grazing generate stable vegetation patterns in temperate pastures?

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 153; pp. 50 - 56
• Main Authors: Dumont, Bertrand, Rossignol, Nicolas, Loucougaray, Grégory, Carrère, Pascal, Chadoeuf, Joël, Fleurance, Géraldine, Bonis, Anne, Farruggia, Anne, Gaucherand, Stéphanie, Ginane, Cécile, Louault, Frédérique, Marion, Benoit, Mesléard, François, Yavercovski, Nicole
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 15.06.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biological and medical sciences; biomass; Boolean process; Cattle; Environmental Sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agroecology; General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping; General agronomy. Plant production; Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development; grasslands; grazing; horses; legumes; pastures; Patch stability; Productivity; Stocking density; Temperate pasture; Productivity; Boolean process; Patch stability; Cattle; Temperate pasture; Stocking density; Stability; Bovine; Ecology; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pasture; Vegetation; Artiodactyla; Stocking rate; Ungulata

► Herbivores preferentially exploit previously grazed patches. ► Patch grazing leads to patch stability over a grazing season. ► Inter-annual stability of large-scale patterns mainly occurs in fertile pastures. The stability of grazing-induced spatial patterns of vegetation was analyzed at two spati...