With a much narrower face, sheep crop plants very close to the ground and can overgraze a pasture much faster than cattle. |
And don't overgraze that area this summer or late season growth will be slow. |
For example, a herd that is too large will overgraze its range and begin to decline as the herd birth rate and the condition of the individual animals declines. |
Is it possible to overgraze one plant with a single animal? |
Without sea otters, urchins overgraze the kelp, eating the base of the plant so that it becomes detached from the sea floor and dies. |
The Viking colonists had allowed cattle to overgraze their pastures, and their arable land was badly affected by soil erosion. |