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Prefase -- 1. Introducción to grazing -- 2. Grazing herbivore nutrition -- 3. Animal nutrition balance -- 4. Grazing seasons and seasonal balance -- 5. Grazing effects on plants and soil -- 6. Grazing activities / behavior -- 7. Spatial patterns in grazing -- 8. Manipulating grazing distribution -- 9. Plant selecction in grazing -- 10. Kind and mix of grazing animals -- 11. Grazing animal intake and equivalence -- 12. Grazing capacity inventory -- 13. Grazing intensity -- 14. Grazing methods -- 15. Grazing systems -- 16. Grazing as an environmental tool

Grazing animals need to be managed in order to accommodate desired results in terms of animal, plant, land and economic responses. Grazing Management, Second Edition integrates principles and management techniques that apply to all grazing lands and to all grazing animals. This comprehensive volume provides authoritative review on a wide range of relevant topics: animal nutrition and nutritional balance when fed on different sorts of grazing lands; seasonal variation and limits placed on ecosystems by grazing; the effects of grazing on grazing lands; the various sorts of grazing behaviors; selecting plants and managing grazing lands, as well as many other important topics bearing upon the methods, practises and procedures for properly managing grazing lands and animals. Animal nutrition and nutritional balance when fed on different sorts of grazing landsSeasonal variation and limits placed on ecosystems by grazingThe effects of grazing on grazing landsThe various sorts of grazing behavioursSelecting plants and managing grazing lands.

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