A preliminary investigation of area?selective grazing in the Southern Tall Grassveld of Natal
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
- Vol. 7 (4) , 238-242
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02566702.1990.9648241
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 (P≤0.01), while non‐significant differences in soil nutrient and moisture status were recorded. Area‐selected and non‐selected patches may be distinguished on the basis of species composition. Area‐selected patches are characterized by Aristida congesta subsp. barbicollis, Microchloa caffra and Eragrostis racemosa. Non‐selected veld is characterized by Themeda iriandra, Tristachya leucothrix and Hyparrhenia hirta.Keywords
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