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Definition of Overgrazed
1. overgraze [v] - See also: overgraze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgrazed
Literary usage of Overgrazed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"Sheep sometimes kill the willows before the grasses are overgrazed. ... "The earmarks
described are, perhaps, more typical of overgrazed sheep range than of ..."
2. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"Erosion is often an indicator of a range that has been severely overgrazed.
Few would dispute that overgrazing leads to erosion. What is arguable is whether ..."
3. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"There is a perceived need to increase the productivity and species diversity of
overgrazed arid shrublands in the Karoo region of South Africa. ..."
4. Our National Forests: A Short Popular Account of the Work of the United by Richard Hans Douai Boerker (1918)
"Some of the measures that have been adopted to lessen the injury to reproduction
by sheep and cattle are: the revegetation of overgrazed areas, ..."
5. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"Found commonly in old overgrazed pastures. TROPIC CROTON, Croton glandulosus I.
5, ... Found in sandy soils, waste areas, and overgrazed pastures. ..."
6. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"Fat sheep and cattle will not be found on an overgrazed range. The instant they
are forced to graze the feed closely, and take the rougher and unpalatable ..."
7. The Theory and Practice of Working Plans (forest Organization) by Arthur Bernhard Recknagel (1917)
"(2) Improvement of overgrazed or poorly stocked areas, including reseeding, the
use of a rotation scheme of excluding stock from areas for a part of the ..."
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