| Titre : |
Shrub invasion management by cattle grazing in the French Massif Central. |
| Type de document : |
Extrait d'ouvrage |
| Auteurs : |
Dominique Orth |
| Année de publication : |
2011 |
| Importance : |
124-126 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link |
| Résumé : |
Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) frequently leads to shrub invasion in laxly grazed pastoral landscapes of the French Massif Central. The control of young broom is particularly important in cattle-grazed pastures as they cannot overcome adult plants. A five-year experiment on a summer mountain pasture (62 ha, 1000 m elevation, 1.2 Livestock Units per hectare) located in the Auvergne (Central France) studied the impact of cattle grazing on young broom colonization. Broom seedling emergence, survival and dimensions were followed in the pasture under grazed and non-grazed conditions. Results showed that cattle grazing, at the stocking rate used, favoured broom seedling recruitment but had a negative effect on both survival and growth of the young plants. No grazing led to less broom emergence, but strong growth even when grazing was stopped for only one year. Managing this weed with cattle needs a quite high stocking rate soon after mechanical clearing. |
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Orth, Dominique
2011
Shrub invasion management by cattle grazing in the French Massif Central.
In: Grassland farming and land management systems in mountainous regions, 16th Sysposium of the European Grassland Federation. European Grassland Federation, Raumberg-Gumpenstein: 124-126.
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Shrub invasion management by cattle grazing in the French Massif Central. (2011)
