Grazing Effects of Goat-Sheep Mixes on Vegetation Structure and Productivity of Old Fallow in the Sahel

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dc.contributor.authorHiernaux, P.en
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Rivera, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSahelen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:20Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:20Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 kg liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (sheep:goat ratios of 0:6, 2:4, 4:2 and 6:0) varied from year to year. In the longer term, grazing also affected the botanical composition. Grasses were promoted at low grazing intensities and dicotyledons at high grazing intensities. (CAB Abstracts)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier923en
dc.identifier.isbn1-884930-03-4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65819en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofWest, N.E., ed. 1995. Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangeland Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 23-28 July, 1995. Volume 1: Contributed presentations, 230-231. Denver, Co.: Society for Range Managementen
dc.subjectGoatsen
dc.subjectSheepen
dc.subjectGrazingen
dc.subjectArid zonesen
dc.subjectGrasslandsen
dc.subjectGrazing systemsen
dc.subjectFallowen
dc.subjectMixed grazingen
dc.subjectDesertsen
dc.subjectArid zonesen
dc.subjectGrazing systemsen
dc.subjectGrasslandsen
dc.subjectNigeren
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleGrazing Effects of Goat-Sheep Mixes on Vegetation Structure and Productivity of Old Fallow in the Sahelen
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