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Scientific Literature on Grazing

In this section of our recommended readings, you will find numerous Peer Reviewed Scientific articles on grazing from various sources.

Visit the Jornada Website for a comprehensive list of other scientific articles.

Consequences of Ignoring Geologic Variation in Evaluating Grazing Impacts

Jonathan W. Long and Alvin L. Medina -Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service
Rangeland and Ecology Management can be found on the Society of Range Management Website

Livestock Grazing, Rest, and Restoration in Arid Landscapes

Charles G. Curtin - Arid Lands Project
Conservation Biology - Volume 16, No 3. June 2002.

Scaling Effects of Grazing in a Semi-arid Grassland

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf - Oklahoma State University, Department of Plant and Soil Science and
Fred E. Smeins - Texas A&M University, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management
Journal of Vegetation Science

The Ecology of the Earth's Grazing Ecosystems

Douglas A. Frank, Samuel J. Tracy McNaughton & F. Benjamin - Bioscience v. 48 no 7, July 1998.

Plant Responses to Defoliation: A Morphological, Physiological and Demographic Evaluation

D.D. Briske and J.H. Richards. In: D.J. Bedunah and R.E. Sosebee (EDS.) Wildland Plants: Physiological Ecology and Developmental Morphology. Denver, CO.
Society for Range Management

Livestock Grazing & Conservation on Southwestern Rangelands

James H. Brown & William McDonald - Department of Biology, University of New Mexico.
Conservation Biology, Volume 9, No. 6, December 1995

Ecological Costs of Livestock Grazing in Western North America

Thomas L. Fleischner - Prescott College, Environmental Studies Program
Conservation Biology, Volume 8, No. 3, September 1994

Patterns of Plant Selection by Grazing Cattle in Two Savanna Grasslands: A Plant's Eye View

T.G. O'Connor
Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa

An Evaluation of Empirical Basis for Grazing Mngmt Recs for Rangeland in South Africa

P.J. O'Reagain and J.R. Turner
Journal of the Grassland Society of South Africa

The Physiology of Grass Production Under Grazing

A.J. Parsons, E.L. Leafe, B. Collett, P.D. Penning, and J. Lewis.
Journal of Applied Ecology

The Structure & Function of Ten Western North American Grasslands

III. Net Primary Production, Turnover and Efficiencies of Energy Capture and Water Use
Phillip L. Sims & J.S. Singh - Range Science Department and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Journal of Ecology, 66, 1978