Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research
@inproceedings{Briske2011OriginPA, title={Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research}, author={David D. Briske and Nathan Sayre and Lynn Huntsinger and Mar{\'i}a E. Fern{\'a}ndez-Gim{\'e}nez and Bob Budd and Justin D. Derner}, year={2011} }
Abstract The debate regarding the benefits of rotational grazing has eluded resolution within the US rangeland profession for more than 60 yr. This forum examines the origin of the debate and the major reasons for its persistence in an attempt to identify common ground for resolution, and to search for meaningful lessons from this central chapter in the history of the US rangeland profession. Rotational grazing was a component of the institutional and scientific response to severe rangeland…
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