(par 3.11.2) 2006-08-01 Stocking rate vs. stock density
Aug 1, 2006 Jim Gerrish http://beefmagazine.com/mag/beef_stocking_rate_vs I’ve found recently that a number of cattlemen and other livestock producers really don’t understand the difference between stocking rate and stock density. Some tend to use the terms interchangeably, though they’re actually two very different concepts, with very different effects on the pasture-livestock system. Simply put, stocking rate is […]
(par 3.11.2) Understanding carrying capacity and stocking rates in grazing systems
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/agriculture/crop-growing/grazing-and-pasture-management/improved-production/carrying-capacity-stocking-rates Long-term carrying capacity Long-term carrying capacity is the average number of animals that a grazing area can be expected to support over a set period (e.g. 10+ years). To assess long-term carrying capacity, consider: areas and condition of land types on the property climate evenness of grazing (including preference of land type, plant species, […]
(par 3.11.1) Tourism carrying capacity (taken from wikipedia)
rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Tourism carrying capacity is a now antiquated approach to managing visitors in protected areas and national parks which evolved out of the fields of range, habitat and wildlife management. In these fields, managers attempted to determine the largest population of a particular species that could be supported by a habitat […]