Range and Pasture Management

In this cross disciplinary major students are introduced to the theory and practice of managing soil-plant-animal relationships within the context of cultivated and native grasslands used by wildlife and domestic herbivores. Key areas of study include the structure, function, and ecology of native and cultivated plant communities, plant and animal physiology, plant-animal interactions under grazing, response of plant communities to grazing, the complementary and conflicting requirements of domestic herbivores and wildlife, and intensive versus extensive-based production systems.

Graduates are prepared for careers as consultants or land and livestock managers with government agencies, conservation associations or agri-businesses involved in the management of private and public (e.g. multiple-use) grazing land.

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