Patch-Burn Grazing Effects on Cattle Performance: Research Conducted in a Working Landscape

Stephen L. Winter, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Mark Goes

Abstract


Range mangers have traditionally sought to manip- ulate the distribution of grazing animals so that moderate levels of grazing animal impacts on veg- etation, soil, and water resources are evenly dis- tributed across management units.1,2 In contrast to traditional range management practices, patch-burn grazing uses re to concentrate grazing animals, and their associated impacts, on vegetation, soil, and water resources, in a portion (patch) of a management unit that has recently burned.

DOI: 10.2458/azu_rangelands_v36i3_winter



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