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herbivore optimization hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Ecology

the claim that moderate grazing can raise plant productivity above ungrazed levels, peaking at an intermediate grazing intensity.

In ecology, herbivore optimization hypothesis refers to the claim that moderate grazing can raise plant productivity above ungrazed levels, peaking at an intermediate grazing intensity. This meaning comes from McNaughton (1979) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

McNaughton, S. J. (1979). Grazing as an Optimization Process: Grass-Ungulate Relationships in the Serengeti. The American Naturalist, 113(5), 691-703. https://doi.org/10.1086/283426

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