Rangelands

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005374",
  "term": "Rangelands",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Land on which the historic climax plant community is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs. Includes lands revegetated naturally or artificially when routine management of that vegetation is accomplished mainly through manipulation of grazing. Rangelands include natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, most deserts, tundra, alpine communities, coastal marshes, and wet meadows.",
  "synonyms": [
    "grassland range",
    "range lands",
    "rangeland",
    "shrub range"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "land",
    "grazing lands",
    "land use",
    "rangeland degradation",
    "rangeland restoration",
    "rangeland soils",
    "range management",
    "grazing intensity",
    "steppes",
    "range livestock",
    "pastures",
    "shrublands",
    "ranchers",
    "grasslands",
    "open range"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Range and Pasture Handbook, NRCS, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "tierras de pasto"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/rangelands/"
}