01163nas a2200133   4500008004100000245007100041210006900112300001300181490000700194520069900201100001500900700001800915856009600933       1988                        eng d00aEffects of dormant-season herbage removal on Flint Hills rangeland0 aEffects of dormantseason herbage removal on Flint Hills rangelan  a481 -4820 v413 a<p>Intensive-early stocking in the Kansas Flint Hills has greatly increased livestock production efficiency. The potential grazing of regrowth on intensive-early stocked Flint Hills pastures was studied by monthly mowing to 5-cm height form October to April, 1983-1985. Those treatments had no effect on total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) in Andropogon gerardii Vitman rhizomes or on herbage production the following seasons. Since there was no reduction in herbage yield for any mowing date, cattle producers can apparently restock IES pastures after 1 October. Key Words: total nonstructural carbohydrates, Andropogon gerardii , winter removal, near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy</p>1 aAuen, L.M.1 aOwensby, C.E.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/effects-dormant-season-herbage-removal-flint-hills-rangeland