Sheep distribution and herbage utilisation after oversowing and
top-dressing part of a high country summer range
M. Abrahamson; K.F. O'Connor and P.S. Harris
Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute, Lincoln
College; Joint Centre for Environmental Sciences, Lincoln Collage,
Canterbury and Grasslands Division, DSIR, Palmerston North
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1982, 42: 77-78
Oversowing and top-dressing of a small area within a defined but
unfenced part of a high country summer range caused sheep to concentrate
on that treated area. Sheep density and grazing pressure were
respectively 4 and 7 times greater than on the untreated area. As fewer
sheep grazed the untreated area dry matter utilisation overall decreased
in the following 2 years.
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