Gestion de bovins et de chevaux de trait pour maintenir des pâturages ouverts dans le Massif Central en France

[Departement_IRSTEA]Territoires [TR1_IRSTEA]DTAM [Axe_IRSTEA]DTAM3-ECOPRAInternational audienceTo analyze the impact of mixed herds on grazing management in mountain grasslands, we surveyed 25 farms, managing dairy and/or beef cattle with a small horse herd representing about 10% of the total livestock. Farmers favoured the two animal species grazing together on the same pastures. However, horses also used alone pastures ungrazed by cattle: About 10% of the total grassland area in beef systems and 15% in dairy systems, reflecting their use by farmers as landscape managers