A preliminary investigation of area-selective grazing in the Southern Tall Grassveld of Natal.

Abstract

The consequences of area-selective grazing by cattle under three stocking rates and at two sites in the Southern Tall Grassveld of Natal were investigated. Soil compaction was found to significantly distinguish area selected patches from non-selected veld, while non-significant differences in soil nutrient and moisture status were recordedLanguage: English

Keywords: Grazing effects; Soil compaction; Species composition; stocking rate; themeda triandra; tristachya leucothrix; stocking rates; southern tall grassveld; grassveld; natal; south africa; aristida congesta; microchloa caffra; hyparrhenia hirta; eragrostis racemosa; botany