Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.
The natural forest line is severely altered by human activity (logging, intensive grazing), which makes the difference between natural and artificial grasslands difficult to distinguish.
In addition to intensive grazing, the geest is also used for arable farming.
Some have occurred as a result of lime and fertiliser applications coupled with more intensive grazing of livestock.
It is very well suited for incorporation within a system of managed intensive grazing.
In general there is little remaining native vegetation in the Montezuma Hills due to the historic intensive grazing.
Movable yarding is a form of managed intensive grazing.
Overcutting, and intensive grazing causing poor regeneration, may result in the extinction of this pine species.
The land was ploughed and intensive grazing became the norm.
This hydrologic change reduced the lake size by approximately 50 percent and enabled more intensive grazing as well as growing of crops.