Pocket Gophers on Seeded Utah Mountain Range
Issue Date
1969-09-01Keywords
Seeded Mountain RangeUncontrolled Populations
Measure
Stand Indexes
Corm
Fleshy Rooted Forbs
Gopher Food
Monte Cristo
Tarweed
pocket gophersMadia glomerataCache National ForestThomomys talpoidesEconomicalforage productionforbsprotectionfrequencygrassesUtah
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Julander, O., Low, J. B., & Morris, O. W. (1969). Pocket gophers on seeded Utah mountain range. Journal of Range Management, 22(5), 325-329.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895875Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Observation of two comparable areas of mountain rangeland seeded to grass the same year showed that uncontrolled populations of pocket gophers were very destructive. Protection of seeded areas resulted in good stands of grass and forbs. No ideal measure for controlling pocket gophers has yet been developed.Type
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