overbrowse
verbEtymology From over- + browse.
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Ambitransitive To browse (eat vegetation) too much, to the detriment of the environment.
- As their numbers peak, the hares begin to overbrowse aspen and other plants.1995, David B Rockwell, Glacier National Park: a natural history guide:
- The few elephants that remained continued to overbrowse the trees, now ripping the bark off them as well and speeding their demise.1999, Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield, Holistic management: a new framework for decision making:
- Related terms
- overgraze