Can Grazing Moderate Climatic Effects on Herbage Nutritional Quality?

In Mediterranean grasslands, the composition of vegetation and its nutritional quality for animals are strongly affected by climatic conditions prevailing during winter spring. Therefore, these seasonal ecosystems provide an opportunity to examine how variability in affects regeneration pasture vegetation. The intensity grazing this system can moderate, or alternatively exacerbate, effects on Herein, we analyzed interactive climate variables, intensity, exclusion herbage parameters using long-term data collected 2005–2018 from extensive experiment Galilee, Israel. We evaluated contribution different variables prediction parameters. Our results showed that have a dramatic effect interacts with intensity. Herbage improved temperate rainy years compared warm dry years. High under conditions, but was moderated completely disappeared as become warmer drier. study foresee negative warming drying carrying capacity natural pastures.