Effects of Short-Term Cattle Exclusion on Plant Community Composition: Prairie Dog and Ecological Site Influences
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Field, AaronSedivec, Kevin
Hendrickson, John
Johnson, Patricia
Geaumont, Benjamin
Xu, Lan
Gates, Roger
Limb, Ryan
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2016-12-01
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Field, A., Sedivec, K., Hendrickson, J., Johnson, P., Geaumont, B., Xu, L., ... & Limb, R. (2016). Effects of Short-Term Cattle Exclusion on Plant Community Composition: Prairie Dog and Ecological Site Influences. Rangelands, 38(1), 34-37.Publisher
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On the Ground • Maintaining cattle and prairie dogs on rangelands is important ecologically, economically, and culturally. However, competition between these species, both actual and perceived, has led to conflict. • We explored the effects of short-term (2-year) cattle exclusion on plant communities both on and off prairie dog towns and among three common ecological sites. • Plant communities were different between on-town and off-town plots and among ecological sites but were similar between cattle-excluded and nonexcluded plots. • Plant community composition did not differ between rangeland targeted for moderate forage utilization and that in which cattle had been excluded for 2 years.Type
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0190-0528ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.rala.2015.11.004
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