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Morphological Impact: Short-Stature Grazing
Grazing pressure dictates the vertical stratification of vegetative communities. Constant cropping by low-mounted oral structures leads to the selection for prostrate or decumbent growth forms. This effect is maximized in environments where the solar constant is low, as low-growing plants maximize absorption of reflected terrestrial radiation [11]. The theoretical calculation for the necessary grazing intensity ($I_g$) required to induce a permanent shift from erect to decumbent flora is…