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Grazing Benefits

Influence on Grassland Vegetation Composition

  • Improved C3/C4 grass ratio.
  • Reduction in dominance of spiny shrubs
  • Potential increased vigour of summer active chenopods
  • Increased vigour of other locust resistant plants

Egg Bed Effects

  • Positive effects on germination of grassland flora.

Native Grassland Structural Maintainance

  • Inter-tussock spaces for grassland fauna habitat.
  • Inter-tussock spaces for grassland flora health.
  • Better grazing management of native grasslands with no hoof impact, track formation or compaction.
  • Different grazing style, resulting in unique beneficial floristic response.

Grazing Management of Roadside Grasslands

  • Grazing management of difficult to manage and often very over-grown roadside grassland remnants.
  • Reduced fire risk on roadsides.

Last Modified: Friday, 20 April 2007 Website by Tangerine Earth
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