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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The influence of grazing by cattle and sheep on the population dynamics of Bladder Saltbush (Atriplex Vesicaria) and white top (Danthonia caespitosa).

RD Graetz

The Australian Rangeland Journal 2(2) 208 - 213
Published: 1980

Abstract

Plant population data for the pass white-top (Danthonia caespitosa) and for bladder saltbush (Atriplex vesicaria) were collected for four years from a pasture continuously grazed by either cattle or sheep (at equivalent stocking rates) at a site near Booligal, New South Wales. During the four years of the experiment the cattle and sheep had different Impacts on the grass and scrub components of the pasture Sheep tended to deplete the numbers of pass plants far more than did cattle, whereas saltbush shrub numbers here little affected by either type of stock. The rainfall pattern experienced throughout the experiment had a far greater influence on the survival of both grass and shrub than did grazing.

https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ9800208

© ARS 1980

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