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What does overgraze mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
  2. (intransitive) to allow animals to graze excessively
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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.

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