This definition includes grasslands as well as shrublands and forest areas often used by grazing animals.
Range management combines the biological, physical, and social sciences.
It is biological because it deals with vegetation and the responses of animals which harvest the vegetation. It is physical because climatic, topographic, and hydrologic factors affect range use. It is social because the needs of society determine how range resources are used. There is a tendency to emphasise the scientific aspects of range management, and, whereas science is vital, range management is more than a science. It is also an art, since range managers need to take the scientific information available and synthesise it into practical management plans.