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Texas A&M UniversityCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Grazing Management for WildlifeThe Basics
Dr. Megan DominguezAssistant Professor and Extension Range Specialist
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
MKDominguez@ag.tamu.edu
1. Diet Compositions
2. Common Grazing Regimes
Basic Grazing Management
Regimes
3. Innovative Grazing
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Healthy Grazing Systems
WildlifeLivestock
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Wildlife Needs
Plant Needs
Livestock Needs
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Diet Composition
Brush/Woody/Browse
Grass
4Forb/Weed
Grass
Livestock Diet Composition
Cattle
Sheep
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Goats
Lyons & Wright, B-6136
Wildlife Diet Composition
6Lyons & Ginnett, E-98
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Exotic Species
Axis deer
Herbaceous-dominated range Browse-dominated range
Cattle
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Nilgaiantelope
WT deer
Lyons & Wright, B-6136
Feeding Classifications
8Lyons, Forbes, Machen E-391
Competition
The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources.
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More likely when there is
less plant diversity or
too many animals!
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Common Grazing Regimes
Continuous Grazing
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Common Grazing Regimes
Deferred Rotation
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Common Grazing Regimes
Deferred Rotation
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Common Grazing Regimes
Short Duration
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Common Grazing Regimes
Short Duration
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Innovative Grazing
Water
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Water Access –Hays Co.
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GPS Collars
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Water Access –Hays Co.
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Water Access – Phase 2
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Water Access – Phase 3
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Water Access Summary
21R Lyons
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Water Access – West Texas Ranch
22R Lyons
Slope
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Water Alternatives for Wildlife
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Innovative Grazing
Fire
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Innovative Grazing
Fire
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Grazing site selection, Growing season 2008
27Burned Spring 2008 Burned Summer 2007Fuhlendorf, 2010
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Innovative Grazing
Brush Management
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La Copita Research Ranch
29R Lyons
La Copita Research Ranch
30R Lyons
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La Copita Research Ranch
31R Lyons
Grazing Not Uniform
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