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Long-Term Grazing Influences on Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland

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Holechek, Jerry L, Tembo, Ackim, Daniel, Alipayou, Fusco, Michael J, and Cardenas, Manuel, Long-Term Grazing Influences on Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland: .

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Vegetation composition and forage productivity were studied on two Chihuahuan desert ranges with different management histories. They involved the conservatively grazed New Mexico State University College Ranch, and adjoining intermediately grazed Bureau of Land Management(BLM) ranges north of Las Cruces in southcentral New Mexico. Conservative and intermediate grazing involved about 30 and 50% average use by livestock of the key forage species, respectively. A major focus of this study was the influence of stocking rate on recovery of native perennial grasses on rangeland with moderate amounts of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) (College Ranch) compared to areas heavily dominated by mesquite (BLM). In fall of 1982 total [...]

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