overgraze
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How to use overgraze in a sentence
Too many deer can overgraze certain plants, reducing the biodiversity of forested areas — and the other animals that depend on now-missing plants.
Some ecologists value parasites — and now want a plan to save them | Stephen Ornes | September 22, 2022 | Science News For StudentsWhen overabundant, urchins can overgraze kelp forests, leaving behind “barrens.”
Urchin mobs can literally dis-arm a predator | Jake Buehler | June 29, 2021 | Science News For StudentsThe settlers also built roads, cut trees, mined streams, overgrazed livestock and created flood-control and irrigation structures, all of which changed the plumbing of watersheds like Birch Creek’s.
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought | Brianna Randall | March 26, 2021 | Science News
British Dictionary definitions for overgraze
/ (ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪz) /
(tr) to graze (land) beyond its capacity to sustain stock
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