Cattle grazing in wetlands
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Abstract
Cattle grazing drives successional change in wetland vegetation by removing tall grasses and other vegetation. As a disturbance, cattle grazing in some ways resembles natural disturbances such as native mammal grazing and lightning-strike fire, which can support higher biodiversity in wetlands. To encourage rare and Red-Listed species, natural land managers sometimes incorporate a variety of techniques to remove tall vegetation including mowing, hand-cutting, burning and cattle grazing. As a farming practice, cattle grazing was once very common in world wetlands, but as agriculture intensified after WWII, small-scale farmers slowly stopped grazing cattle in natural wetlands. As a result, tall macrophyte and woody species have overgrown some wetland types once used as pastures for cattle.
Suggested Citation
Middleton, B.A., 2016, Cattle grazing in wetlands, chap. of The Wetland Book, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_60-2.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Cattle grazing in wetlands |
| ISBN | 978-94-007-6172-8 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_60-2 |
| Publication Date | September 23, 2016 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wetlands Research Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | The Wetland Book |