Table 4. Characteristics of extensive cattle ranches in three geographical regions of eastern Bolivia.
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Region |
Ecosystem |
Forage |
Area (ha) |
Mean annual precipitation
(mm) |
Stocking rate (animals/ha) |
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Llanos de Moxos |
Inundated savanna |
Flooded grassland |
10,258,396 |
1500–2000 |
0.3 |
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Chiquitania |
Cerrado |
Upland grassland |
2,724,978 |
1000–1500 |
0.2 |
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Gran Chaco |
Gran Chaco |
Thorn scrub |
1,827,532 |
500–1000 |
0.1 |
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Note: Stocking rates were obtained from ranchers. See Appendices 1 and 2 for an overview and the spatial distribution of each subgroup.
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