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Greenstrip Establishment And Management In The Intermountain West, Brenda Kristine Younkin-Kury
Greenstrip Establishment And Management In The Intermountain West, Brenda Kristine Younkin-Kury
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Greenstrips were established at two sites in Utah to determine if seeded, grazed cool-season, perennial grasses would change fire behavior characteristics in areas currently dominated by Bromus tectorum. Frequency data were collected for both grazed and ungrazed seeded species and resident weed species. Moderate spring grazing did not negatively impact the establishment of seeded species at Camp Williams. Grazing at Promontory Point decreased Agropyron desertorum frequency and increased the frequency of Pascopyrum smithii. Biomass data collected for grazed and ungrazed treatments in both years indicated that moderate spring or winter grazing the first two years of establishment did …