控制放牧时间、强度、频率和牲畜选择是牧场放牧管理的基础.通常,放牧管理人员都知道,上述因子中最重要的是放牧强度.放牧强度决定着保留多少植被才可以维持牧场生态系统中的植物、土壤、野生动物和水分要素.然而,如何测量放牧强度存在着明显的争议. Controlling grazing time, intensity, frequency, and livestock selection is the basis for pasture grazing management, and grazing managers often know that the most important of these is grazing intensity, which determines how much vegetation to retain to maintain pasture ecosystems Plants, soils, wildlife and moisture, however there is a clear debate as to how to measure grazing intensity.