Ecosystem Resilience of a South African Mesic Grassland with Change from Rotational to Continuous Grazing - Chonco, Nomusa; Slotow, Rob; Tsvuura, Zivanai; Nkuna, Sindiso (Diversity (Basel), 2023)
Keywords: Agriculture; Animal production; Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Cattle; Commercial farms; Continuous grazing; Ecological adaptation; Ecological effects; ecological resilience; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Farms; Flowers & plants; forage quality; functional diversity; Grasslands; Grazing; Horses; Infiltration; Livestock; Livestock production; Management systems; mesic grassland; Nutrients; Pasture management; Penetration resistance; Physical properties; Plant diversity; Plant species; Plants (botany); Productivity; Resilience; resistance to penetration; Rotational grazing; Sheep; Small farms; Social aspects; soil; Soil nutrients; soil properties; Soil resistance; Soil sciences; Soils; South Africa; Species composition; Species diversity; Vegetation; Water infiltration; South Africa; United States--US; forage quality; mesic grassland; soil properties