Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Engels term or phrase:
overgrazing
Nederlands translation:
overbegrazing
Nov 28, 2008 16:54
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Engels term
overgrazing
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Milieu & ecologie
Definition from
Biodiversity & human health:
Destruction of vegetation when too many grazing animals feed too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a rangeland area.
Example sentences:
Overgrazing by domestic animals like sheep, goats, cows, mules, horses and yaks has been responsible for large scale degradation of the vegetative cover in many parts of the Himalayas. (Himalayas)
What constitutes overgrazing is failure to move or rotate animals in harmony with forage growth. Proper grazing management is a matter of moving animals before they have the opportunity to regraze lush regrowth. (Beef magazine)
Overgrazing by large herbivores such as red deer and sheep has been the primary cause of the lack of tree regeneration in the Caledonian Forest in the past 150-200 years. (Trees for life)
Proposed translations
(Nederlands)
4 +6 | overbegrazing | Tessa Slingerland (X) |
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overbegrazing
Definition from
Wikipedia:
Van overbegrazing wordt gesproken als door intensieve begrazing door planteneters de vegetatie niet de kans heeft zichzelf te herstellen.
Example sentences:
Van overbegrazing wordt gesproken als door intensieve begrazing door planteneters de vegetatie niet de kans heeft zichzelf te herstellen. (Wikipedia)
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