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Herrero-Jáuregui, Cristina Schmitz García, María Fe Díaz Pineda, Francisco 2023-06-18T05:42:22Z 2023-06-18T05:42:22Z 2016 1126-3504, 1724-5575 10.1080/11263504.2014.965800 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23109 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263504.2014.965800 We studied the effect of clipping on above- and below-ground production in different plant communities through a factorial experiment. We designed five pasture systems with different species composition, perennials/annuals ratio and soil water availability, recreating different altitudinal locations, and simulated a gradient of grazing intensity by clipping with different heights and frequencies. Response patterns of above- and below-ground production were similar, increasing with the higher clipping frequency and decreasing with altitude. These results suggest that high grazing intensity stimulate above-ground production, but only in certain situations of species composition, density, diversity,perennials/annuals ratio and water availability. This stimulus, however, is unsustainable over time, and the lower clipping frequencies are those that favour the maintenance of production. eng restricted access Effects of different clipping intensities on above- and below-ground production in simulated herbaceous plant communities journal article