INVESTIGADORES
DEFOSSE Guillermo Emilio
artículos
Título:
Grazing and plant growth interactions in a semiarid Festuca pallescens grassland.
Autor/es:
BERTILLER, M. B.; DEFOSSÉ, G. E.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT
Editorial:
Society For Range Management
Referencias:
Lugar: Lakewood; Año: 1990 vol. 43 p. 300 - 303
ISSN:
0022-409X
Resumen:
The
effects of grazing on relative (g g-1 d-1) and absolute
(g m-2 d-1) aboveground net primary productivity and
senescence of coir´´on blanco (Festuca pallescens (St. Yves) Parodi)were
investigated in northwestern Patagonia.
Aboveground net primary productivity under ungrazed and grazed
conditions was estimated by means of a simulation model fitted to biomass data. Relative and absolute aboveground net primary
productivity was greater for grazed than ungrazed plants during the early
growing season while the inverse occurred during the late growing season
(reproductive period). Grazing reduced
the relative and absolute aboveground senescence during the late growing season. Relative and absolute effective primary
productivity expressed as the difference between the corresponding primary
productivity and senescence, were greater for grazed than ungrazed plants. This increase was in accordance with the
grazing optimization hypothesis. However, the increase was not of sufficient magnitude
as to compensate for the loses of green biomass caused by grazing. Results
imply that current grazing intensities in this region reduce aboveground
productivity of coirón blanco. It
follows that a reduction in stocking rates would be necessary to increase
aboveground primary productivity.