Literature on HRM

LITERATURE ON HOLISTIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Joy Belsky, Ph.D.

1. Balph, D.F. and J.C. Malecheck. 1985. Cattle trampling of created wheatgrass under short, duration grazing. Journal of Range, Management 38:226-227.
2. Bryant, E.C., B.P. Dahl, R.D. Pettit, and C.M. Britton. 1989. Does short-duration grazing work in arid and semiarid regions? Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (July-Aug.): 290-296.
3. Gammon, D.M. 1984. An appraisal of short duration grazing as a method of veldt management. Zimbabwe Agricultural Journal 81:59-64.
4. Hart, R.H., J. Bissio, M.J. Samuel, and J.W. Waggoner Jr. 1993. Grazing systems, pasture size, and cattle grazing behavior, distribution and gains. Journal of Range Management 46:81-87.
5. Jacobs, L. 1991. Waste of the West: Public Lands Ranching. L. Jacobs, P.O. Box 5784, Tucson, AZ, 85703.
6. McCalla, G. R. II, W.H. Blackburn, and L.B. Merrill. 1984. Effects of livestock grazing on infiltration rates, Edwards Plateau of Texas. Journal of Range Management 37:265-269.
7. Pieper, R.D. and R.K. Heitschmidt. 1988. Is short-duration grazing the answer? Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Mar-April):133-137.
8. Ralphs, M.H., M.M. Kothmann, and C.A. Taylor. 1990. Vegetation response to increased stocking rates in short-duration grazing. Journal of Range Management 43:104-108.
9. Savory, A. 1988. Holistic Resource Management. Island Press, Washington, DC.
10. Savory, A. and S.D. Parsons. 1980. The Savory grazing method. Rangelands 2:234-237.
11. Skovlin, J. 1987. Southern Africa's experience with intensive short duration grazing. Rangelands 9:162-167.
12. Strickland, R. 1983. Hollow crowns: overgrazing, undergrazing, or old age? Rangelands 5:13-14.
13. Taylor, C.A. Jr. 1989. Short-duration grazing: experiences from the Edwards Plateau region in Texas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (July-Aug.):297-302.
14. Taylor, C.A. Jr., N.E. Garza, Jr. and T.D. Brooks. 1993. Grazing systems on the Edwards Plateau of Texas: Are they worth the trouble? I and II. Rangelands 15:53-60.
15. Warren, S.D., T.L Thurow, W.H. Blackburn, and N.E. Garza. 1986. The influence of livestock trampling under intensive rotation grazing on soil hydrologic characteristics. Journal of Range Management 39:491-495.
16. Weltz, M., M.K. Wood, and E.E. Parker. 1989. Flash grazing and trampling: effects on infiltration rates and sediment yield on a selected New Mexico range site. Journal of Arid Environments 16:95-100.
17. Winkel, V.K. and B.A. Roundy. 1991. Effects of cattle trampling and mechanical seedbed preparation on grass seedling emergence. Journal of Range Management 44:176-180.

Reviews and Experimental Tests of Holistic Resource Management (HRM)

A list compiled by Joy Belsky, Ph.D. showing theories and the articles which refute them (see numbered articles above).

HRM allows increased livestock stocking rates
2,3,6,7,8,11,13,14.

Short duration grazing increases livestock production
2,3,4,7,11,13,14.

Short duration grazing increases forage production
1,2,3*,7,8,11,13,14.

"Herd effect" improves seedling establishment
2,17*.

"Herd effect" improves water infiltration and water cycle.
6,7,11,13,14,15,16.

"Herd effect" reduces erosion.
7,11,13,14,15,16.

"Herd effect" improves soil structure by incorporating litter.
7,11,13,14,15,16.
*includes some supporting data.

Joy Belsky is Staff Ecologist and Grasslands Program Leader at ONRC.