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DOI	10.1071/RJ18090
	Rotational grazing management achieves similar plant diversity outcomes to areas managed for conservation in a semi-arid rangeland
	McDonald, Sarah E.1,2; Reid, Nick 1; Smith, Rhiannon 1; Waters, Cathleen M.3; Hunter, John 1; Rader, Romina 1
通讯作者	McDonald, Sarah E.
来源期刊	RANGELAND JOURNAL
ISSN	1036-9872
EISSN	1834-7541
出版年	2019
卷号	41 期号:2 页码:135-145
英文摘要	Despite the increasing extent of protected areas throughout the world, biodiversity decline continues. Grazing management that promotes both biodiversity and production outcomes has the potential to improve broad-scale conservation and complement the protected area network. In this study we explored the potential to integrate commercial livestock grazing and conservation in a semi-arid rangeland in south-eastern Australia. Understorey floristic composition and diversity were compared at different spatial scales across three grazing management treatments: (1) continuous commercial grazing management where paddocks were grazed for the majority of the year (8 months per annum); (2) rotational commercial grazing management where livestock are frequently rotated and paddocks rested for >4 months per annum; and (3) protected areas managed for conservation with domestic livestock excluded and grazed only by native and feral herbivores. The season of sampling, rainfall, soil characteristics and the spatial location of sites were the dominant drivers of variability in understorey plant species composition; the effect of grazing treatment on understorey plant species composition was relatively minor. However, areas managed for conservation and under rotational forms of commercial grazing management generally had greater floristic richness and diversity than continuously grazed areas, the results varying with season (spring/autumn) and soil type (clay/sandy-loam), particularly at fine scale (1-m(2) quadrats). These findings indicate that rotational grazing management on commercial properties has the potential to improve biodiversity conservation outside the reserve system compared to conventional grazing management.
英文关键词	continuous grazing floristic composition functional diversity richness soil type spatial scale
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Australia
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000467968200004
WOS关键词	FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; LARGE HERBIVORES ; SOIL QUALITY ; GRASSLAND ; BIODIVERSITY ; VEGETATION ; RESPONSES ; INDICATORS
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218308
作者单位	1.Univ New England, Sch Environm & Rural Sci, Ecosyst Management, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia; 2.NSW Dept Primary Ind, Trangie Agr Res Ctr, PMB 19,7878 Mitchell Highway, Trangie, NSW 2823, Australia; 3.NSW Dept Primary Ind, Orange Agr Inst, 1447 Forest Rd, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McDonald, Sarah E.,Reid, Nick,Smith, Rhiannon,et al. Rotational grazing management achieves similar plant diversity outcomes to areas managed for conservation in a semi-arid rangeland[J],2019,41(2):135-145.
APA	McDonald, Sarah E.,Reid, Nick,Smith, Rhiannon,Waters, Cathleen M.,Hunter, John,&Rader, Romina.(2019).Rotational grazing management achieves similar plant diversity outcomes to areas managed for conservation in a semi-arid rangeland.RANGELAND JOURNAL,41(2),135-145.
MLA	McDonald, Sarah E.,et al."Rotational grazing management achieves similar plant diversity outcomes to areas managed for conservation in a semi-arid rangeland".RANGELAND JOURNAL 41.2(2019):135-145.