From rangelands a variety of products are extractable products for human use including water , recreation , wildlife , minerals , timber , food , and fiber . Because range plants are high in fiber content, ruminant animals are best adapted to use them.
Rangeland is managed more on ecological principles rather than agronomic practices.
Therefore, rangelands supply man with useable products at very low cultural energy costs compare to cultivated lands. Rangeland productivity is determined by an interaction of herbivore, edaphic, topographic, and climatic characteristics and time.