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dc.contributor.authorSteinshamn, Håvard
dc.contributor.authorAdler, Steffen Andreas
dc.contributor.authorGrøva, Lise
dc.contributor.authorLande, Unni Støbet
dc.coverage.spatialNorwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-16T16:02:02Z
dc.date.available2017-09-16T16:02:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-17-01677-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2454983
dc.description.abstractLarge areas of cultivated grassland are annually abandoned and no longer used for production in Norway. Such areas will over time be encroached by shrubs and trees, which is regarded as undesirable. We assessed plant community development, pasture production, herbage quality and pasture utilization by sheep and heifers of a grassland that has been unmanaged for 12 years. e experiment was run for two consecutive years. Sheep grazed the whole area for one month in spring and autumn. During the summer, the area was assigned to three replicated treatments: (1) control with no management; (2) grazing heifers; and (3) grazing sheep with off€spring. Th e stocking rate was 1.8 LU ha-1, in both b and c, for a duration of one month. Th e area was left resting for a month a er treatment and before autumn sheep grazing. Pasture production and herbage intake was estimated using grazing exclosure cages. Herbage consumed during summer period was on average 211 g DM m-2 and the pasture utilization was 55%. The annual consumption and utilization was 336 g DM m-2 and 62% in the grazed treatments and 28 g DM m-2 and 15% in the control, respectively. Total annual pasture production was on average 72% higher in the grazed treatments compared to the control. T ere was no diff€erence between the grazed treatments on annual production, herbage intake or pasture utilization. Grazing stimulated herbage production, and such abandoned grasslands are valuable forage resources.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherEuropean Grassland Federation EGFnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGrassland Science in Europe;21
dc.titleEffects of heifers and sheep grazing on herbage production on a previously abandoned grasslandnb_NO
dc.typeChapternb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber235-237nb_NO
dc.source.volume21nb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1381089
dc.relation.projectRegionale forskningsfond Midt-Norge: 227181nb_NO


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