Meat Goats in Land and Forage Management

Table 2

Table 2. Effect of grazing goats and goats/cattle on survival of multiflora rose over four grazing seasons a
	May 91			October 94
Item	Control	Goats	Goats/Cattle	Control	Goats	Goats/Cattle
Characteristics of rose bush
Height, m	2.7	2.1	2.3	2.1	.7	.7
Ground cover, m2	14.8	12.5	10.7	16.3	4.0	.5
Dead canes, %	0	0	0	0	97	98
a Adapted from T. Harvey (Unpublished).