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Utah State University

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

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2004

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Vegetation Exclosures In Utah: What Can They Tell Us About Long-Term Range Trends?, William A. Adair, John A. Bissonette Sep 2004

Vegetation Exclosures In Utah: What Can They Tell Us About Long-Term Range Trends?, William A. Adair, John A. Bissonette

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Exclosures are flexible range management tools that can be used to simultaneously:

• Clarify conflicts between wild and domestic herbivores and their advocates;

• Evaluate herbivore influence on range productivity and composition;

• Monitor long-term trends and changes in range condition; and

• Identify the normal range of variation characteristic of natural plant communities.