TheImprovement ofTropical and Subtropical Rangelands

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Rehabilitation Techniques
ESTABLISHING PLANTS ON THE RANGE
It may be useful to consider the practices used in range management
in terms of the relationships shown in figure 7-1. By so doing,
levels of range productivity cu be seen as functions of environmental,
cultural, social, and political factors, as well as the availability
of technology. It is important to und8lltand these factors when
determining effective approaches to range rehabilitation.
Extenslft Practicel
Range rehabilitation techniques vary greatly. Examples of extensive
practices for rangelud management are the manipulation of
graing ud the use offire. These practices may require fencing, water
supply development, and/or fire lines, but they generally require
little muagement and do not risk the lou of the existing vegetative
cover (a do some of the more intensive manipulative practices).
Extensive practices are low cost, but opportunities to increase production
are correepondingly limited. Other practices, such as water
management, require a higher level of input than the manipulation
of gruing or the use offire, and are, therefore, intermediate between
extensive and intensive practices.
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